Share PDF with analytics
Share a PDF with analytics built in
Send one link instead of an attachment and the analytics come with it: who opened your PDF, how far they read, which pages held attention, and who came back.
Drop your PDF here
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PDF only · max 20MB
Free · no account needed to start · your share link and analytics come on the next step
Page-by-page reads
The FileDroppr viewer times every page. See which sections held attention and which got skimmed - detail an email attachment can never send back.
The read-through funnel
The percentage of readers who reached each page. If everyone stops at the pricing table, the funnel points at exactly that page.
Returning readers
Each reader gets a stable pseudonymous identity, so a prospect who comes back to your proposal three times shows up as one interested reader - not three anonymous views.
Zero setup
No Google Analytics, no tag manager, no pixel. Upload the PDF, share the link, and the report starts filling in on its own.
What sharing a PDF with analytics gets you
When you email a PDF as an attachment, it goes dark the moment you press send: you cannot tell whether it was opened, skimmed, read to the end, or forwarded around a team. Sharing the same document as a FileDroppr link keeps a thread back to it. The viewer times every page, so instead of a delivery receipt you get answers: twelve people opened the proposal, most spent two minutes on the case study, and half stopped at the pricing page.
That last part - where readers stop - is the read-through funnel, and it is the difference between analytics and a view counter. Add returning-reader signals (the same prospect coming back to page six twice is worth a phone call) and source attribution for links, QR scans, emails, and embeds, and a shared document starts telling you what to do next. The full detail of what gets measured is on the PDF tracking page.
Embed the PDF on your website - and keep the analytics
Sharing does not have to mean sending. Every FileDroppr document comes with an embeddable viewer: copy the snippet, paste it into your site - a WordPress page, a landing page, a documentation hub - and the PDF renders right there on your page. A catalogue, a whitepaper, a case study, or a menu can live on your website for as long as you want it there.
The embedded viewer is the same viewer that does the measuring, so an embed is never a dead iframe: page-by-page time, the funnel, and returning readers all keep working, and embedded reads are attributed as their own source next to direct links, emails, and QR scans. For the step-by-step walkthrough, see the guide to embedding a tracked PDF on your website.
Reader analytics without setting up Google Analytics
- Upload your PDF. Drop it in the uploader above - no account needed to try it. FileDroppr stores it encrypted and gives you a share link, a QR code, and an embed snippet.
- Share it your way. Paste the link into an email or a DM, embed the viewer on your website, or print the QR code.
- Watch the analytics appear. The readership report fills in as people read - no tracking code to install, no events to define, no dashboard to build.
If you have ever put off measuring a document because it meant wiring up Google Analytics, a tag manager, or a tracking pixel, this is the whole appeal: the analytics are a property of the link itself. Drag, drop, share - done. Start free and upgrade when you want deeper reporting; plans are on the pricing page.
Analytics without surveillance
Measurement this useful usually comes at readers' expense; FileDroppr's deliberately does not. Reader IP addresses are never stored - each visitor becomes a stable pseudonymous identity via a one-way hash, the country is derived in flight, and the address is discarded. There are no third-party scripts in the viewer and no cross-site tracking, and your documents are encrypted at rest. You learn how your document was read; your readers are not followed around the internet for opening it.
Sharing a PDF with analytics - questions.
How do I share a PDF with analytics?
Upload the PDF to FileDroppr and send the share link it gives you instead of attaching the file. Anyone who opens the link reads the document in FileDroppr's in-browser viewer, and the viewer does the measuring: every page turn is timed, visits are attributed to their source, and returning readers are recognised. Your readership report updates as people read. There is nothing to configure - no tracking code and no analytics account - and your readers do not need to install or sign up for anything.
Can I embed a PDF on my website and still get analytics?
Yes. Every FileDroppr link comes with an embed snippet - paste it into any page, WordPress post, or landing page and the document renders in the viewer right on your site. Because the embedded viewer is the same one that measures reading, you still get page-by-page time, the read-through funnel, and returning readers, and embedded reads are attributed as their own source so you can compare the embed against the direct link or the QR code.
Do I need Google Analytics or a tracking pixel?
No. The measurement happens inside FileDroppr's document viewer, not on your website, so there is no snippet to install, no tag manager to configure, and no events to define. That also means nothing new for your own site's cookie banner: FileDroppr's readership measurement is first-party to the document, uses no third-party trackers, and never stores a reader's IP address.
How much does it cost to share a PDF with analytics?
The free tier is $0: upload up to three PDFs (20MB each), share them, and get core readership summaries for every document. Basic is $9/month and adds the read-through funnel, trends, per-page stats, source breakdowns, larger files (200MB), password protection, and view notifications. Pro adds reader-level sessions, the email gate, CSV export, and live presence. Every plan records reading in full detail from the first visit, so upgrading later reveals the history you already collected.
Is it fair to my readers to measure a PDF like this?
FileDroppr is built so the answer is yes. Readers are identified by a stable pseudonymous label like "Reader #214", never by IP address - visitor IPs are never stored, and the country is derived in flight before the address is discarded. There are no third-party scripts and nothing follows a reader across the web; measurement happens only inside the document they chose to open. If you need names, the optional email gate asks readers to sign in openly before the document opens, so identification is explicit rather than covert.
Do my readers need an account or an app?
No. A reader clicks your link (or scans your QR code, or opens the embed on your site) and the PDF opens in their browser - phone, tablet, or desktop. There is nothing to install and no account to create on their side. You only need a free account yourself to keep the document in your library and watch the analytics arrive.
Share a PDF and see what happens to it.
Upload a document, send one link, and get page-by-page analytics from the first read - free to start, nothing for your readers to install.
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