10 Best StatCounter Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
StatCounter has 70,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to StatCounter
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Burst Statistics
Closest matchBurst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative)
4.9 (183) 200,000+ active installsSimple, lightweight WordPress analytics with privacy-friendly visitor tracking. Cookieless and GDPR-ready. Setup in seconds, no cookie banner needed.
Shares the analytics, visitor tracking tags on WordPress.org. About 2.9 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress
4.5 (95) 60,000+ active installsAdds Matomo (former Piwik) statistics to your WordPress dashboard and is also able to add the Matomo Tracking Code to your blog.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated August 5, 2026.
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4.8 (51) 100,000+ active installsVisitor statistics for WordPress with focus on data protection, transparency and clarity. Perfect as a widget in your WordPress Dashboard.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated August 7, 2026.
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WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
4.1 (757) 600,000+ active installsGet website traffic insights with GDPR/CCPA compliant, privacy-friendly analytics. Includes visitor data, stunning graphs, and no data sharing.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. About 8.6 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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4.5 (25) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin will display Clicky Web Analytics data and statistics inside your WordPress Administration Dashboard.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 70,000+, last updated May 24, 2026.
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WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)
4.5 (156) 20,000+ active installsThis plugin will help you to track your visitors & visits, browsers, operating systems, GEO locations and much more, easy to install and working fine.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated June 28, 2026.
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Fathom Analytics for WP
4.8 (25) 10,000+ active installsFathom is a simple, GDPR compliant Google Analytics alternative.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 70,000+, last updated November 18, 2025.
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5.0 (29) 10,000+ active installsSimple, lightweight, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative for WordPress with a clean dashboard.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 70,000+, last updated 27 days ago.
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4.8 (110) 9,000+ active installsMonitor your WP site the right way with most important stats like Database, PHP details, PHP Memory, RAM Usage, CPU load, Server Uptime & more.
Shares the stats tag on WordPress.org. 9,000+ installs against 70,000+, last updated July 21, 2026.
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4.9 (38) 4,000+ active installsDisplays a wealth of useful statistics about your site. Display total number of posts, pages, categories, tags, and much more.
Shares the analytics, stats tags on WordPress.org. 4,000+ installs against 70,000+, last updated 29 days ago.
Switching from StatCounter: common questions
What is the best alternative to StatCounter?
Burst Statistics is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which StatCounter alternative has the most users?
WP Statistics, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which StatCounter alternative is rated highest?
Burst Statistics, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 183 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these StatCounter alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with StatCounter score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against StatCounter on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Burst Statistics is the closest match to StatCounter by the data we track, and WP Statistics has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. WP Statistics shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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