As of December 2025, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) does not offer a real-time view of *precisely* which individual users are on which pages at this exact moment, due to privacy regulations and data processing limitations. However, GA4’s Realtime report provides aggregated, anonymised data on active users and their behaviour.
The Realtime report in GA4, currently available to all Australian businesses using the platform, shows metrics like the number of active users, pageviews, events, conversions, and user demographics – all updated within seconds. It displays data grouped by page title and event name, allowing you to see which pages are currently most popular and which events are being triggered. GA4 now includes user acquisition channels in the Realtime report, providing a high-level view of where current traffic originates. Data is sampled in the Realtime report if website traffic exceeds a certain threshold (currently around 800,000 hits per month, as of December 2025), meaning the numbers are estimates rather than exact counts. Google has announced in late 2025 that improvements to Realtime reporting, including more granular data and reduced sampling, are planned for rollout in 2026, but individual user tracking will remain anonymised to comply with Australian Privacy Principles.
GA4’s Realtime report functions by collecting and processing event data as it occurs, presenting a near-instantaneous snapshot of website activity without identifying individual users.
