What is Writing Analytics?
Writing Analytics is a cross-workspace dashboard that tracks your writing activity over time. It shows word counts, streaks, and progress against writing goals — giving you a clear picture of your productivity patterns.
Accessing Writing Analytics
Writing Analytics is available from the main workspace dashboard. It is not tied to a specific workspace — it aggregates data across all your workspaces, or can be filtered to a single one.
Filtering by workspace
Use the workspace selector (top right) to filter all analytics data to a specific workspace, or leave it on All Workspaces to see your global writing activity.
Stats overview
The stats section shows eight key metrics for your writing activity:
| Stat | Description |
|---|---|
| Words | Total words written across all sessions |
| Streak | Your current consecutive-days streak, and your all-time best |
| Avg Daily | Average words written per day you wrote |
| Active Days | Total number of days you've written something |
| Net Words | Words written minus deletions — your true output |
| Sessions | Number of distinct writing sessions |
| Active Time | Total time spent actively writing (shown in minutes or hours) |
| Best Day | Your highest single-day word count and the date it happened |
Contribution calendar
The contribution calendar displays a full year of daily writing activity, similar to a code contribution graph. Each cell represents one day — darker cells indicate more words written that day. Hover any cell to see the exact word count and date.
Bar chart
The bar chart shows writing volume over time. Switch between three views using the toggle above the chart:
- Daily — last 30 days
- Weekly — last 26 weeks
- Monthly — last 12 months
Day of week chart
The day-of-week chart shows which days you tend to write most. Each bar represents the cumulative words written on that day of the week across your entire history, helping you identify your most productive days.
Writing goals
Writing goals let you set word count targets for a specific time period and track your progress against them.
Creating a goal
Click + Add Goal to open the goal form. Fill in:
- Goal Name — e.g., "Chapter 1 Draft" or "NaNoWriMo"
- Target Words — the word count you want to reach
- Period — Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly
- Workspace — apply to a specific workspace or track globally across all workspaces
Goal progress cards
Each active goal shows:
- Current words written vs. target
- A progress bar with percentage complete
- A pacing indicator — whether you're ahead, on track, behind, or have completed the goal
Pacing indicators
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ahead of pace | You've written more than expected at this point in the period |
| On track | Within 10% of expected pace |
| Behind pace | Below expected pace for the period |
| Goal reached | You've hit or exceeded your target |
Pausing and deleting goals
- Use the check/clock icon on a goal card to pause or resume it
- Use the trash icon to permanently delete a goal
How writing activity is tracked
Writing activity is recorded automatically whenever you edit a document. Each save captures words written, words deleted, and session duration. No manual logging is needed.
Warning
Analytics data is recorded per workspace. Deleting a workspace will remove its associated analytics history.