Title: Difference between users and visitors?
Last modified: May 17, 2017

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# Difference between users and visitors?

 *  Resolved [isakengstrom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isakengstrom/)
 * (@isakengstrom)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-users-and-visitors/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m using the plugin “Google Analytics WD” to analyze the visits on a site for
   a client. However, we are a little bit confused about the difference between ‘
   users’ and ‘visitors’. Can anyone please explain this to me?
 * The dashboard looks like this:
    [https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1xx9u0t3yxokwd/GA-insidan.jpg?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1xx9u0t3yxokwd/GA-insidan.jpg?dl=0)

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 *  [WD Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wdsupport/)
 * (@wdsupport)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-users-and-visitors/#post-9149025)
 * Hello [@isakengstrom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isakengstrom/)!
 * Thanks for posting your question!
 * Google Analytics (not the plugin, but service) indicates New Visitors and Returning
   visitors. An generalizes those two types as Users.
 * So technically, Visitors and Users are the same.
    Thank you! Have a great day!
 *  Thread Starter [isakengstrom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isakengstrom/)
 * (@isakengstrom)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-users-and-visitors/#post-9156039)
 * Thanks for your answer [@wdsupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wdsupport/)!
 * So much I understand. But what I don’t understand is what the number of ‘users’
   indicates. If you combine the number of ‘new visitors’ and ‘returning visitors’
   you get the number of ‘sessions’, not ‘users’. So what does the number of ‘users’
   really indicates?
 * / Isak
 *  [WD Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wdsupport/)
 * (@wdsupport)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-users-and-visitors/#post-9159074)
 * Hi [@isakengstrom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isakengstrom/)!
 * Please note, that **Users** metric indicates **number of users by day,** whereas**
   New Visitors** and **Returning Visitors** are the **sessions by user type.**
 * Hope this answers your question.
    Thanks! Have a great day!

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