Analytics overview

What metrics does Bird track?

Learn about the metrics you'll find across Bird.

General metrics

Metric nameDefinition
Total recipientsThe total number of contacts targeted by a campaign.
Unique recipientsThe number of unique contacts to which at least one message was sent or at least one journey was triggered.

Journey metrics

Metric nameDefinition
Total runs triggeredThe number of times a journey is triggered.
Total runs completedThe number of times a journey is triggered and completed successfully.
Unique recipients enteredThe number of unique contacts that a journey has been triggered for.
Unique recipients completedThe number of unique contacts that a journey has been triggered and completed for.

Email metrics

Metric nameDefinition
Total recipientsNumber of total contacts to which a campaign is targeted
Unique recipientsNumber of unique contacts to which at least one message was sent or a journey triggered
SentNumber of emails which were attempted to be delivered.
RejectedNumber of emails which were rejected by Bird due to policy or technical reasons.
Admin bouncesNumber of emails that were bounced by Bird. Not counted in Bounces.
DeliveredNumber of emails which were successfully delivered to the recipient’s mailbox provider.
AcceptedNumber of emails delivered which didn’t subsequently bounce.
DelayedNumber of emails which were temporarily rejected by the recipient’s mailbox provider.
OpensNumber of unique recipients who opened the email. These emails were displayed or had a link clicked. Opens do not include prefetch opens.
ClicksNumber of unique recipients who have clicked at least one link in the email.
Spam complaintsNumber of unique recipients who marked the email as spam
UnsubscribesNumber of unique recipients who either submitted the unsubscribe page or clicked the list-unsubscribe link in the header. Learn more about list-unsubscribes.
BouncesNumber of bounced emails. Total of In-Band and Out-of-Band Bounces. Bounces do not include Admin Bounces.
In-band bouncesNumber of emails that bounced on delivery attempts. Total of Hard Bounces and Temporary Bounces.
Hard bouncesNumber of emails that bounced due to permanent delivery issues.
Temporary bouncesNumber of emails that bounced due to temporary delivery issues. Filtering rules or unknown reasons. Total of Soft Bounces, Block Bounces and Undetermined Bounces.
Soft bouncesNumber of emails that bounced due to temporary delivery issues.
Block bouncesNumber of emails that bounced due to a mailbox provider's filtering rules.
Undetermined bouncesNumber of emails that bounced due to undetermined reasons.
Out-of-band bouncedNumber of emails that bounced subsequent to a successful delivery.
Rejection rate
  • Rejected / Total Recipients
  • %Percentage of emails which are rejected out of targeted emails

| | Admin bounce rate |

  • Admin Bounces / Total Recipients
  • %Percentage of emails which admin bounced out of targeted emails

| | Delivery rate |

  • Delivered / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which are delivered out of Sent.

| | Accepted rate |

  • Accepted / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which are accepted out of Sent.

| | Delayed rate |

  • Delayed / Accepted
  • %Percentage of emails which are delayed out of accepted emails.

| | Open rate |

  • Open / Delivered
  • %Percentage of unique recipients who opened the emails out of who got the email delivered.

| | Click-through rate |

  • Clicks / Delivered
  • %Percentage of unique recipients who clicked at least one link in the email out of who got the email delivered.

| | Spam complaint rate |

  • Spam complaints / Delivered
  • %Percentage of unique recipients who marked the email as spam out of who got the email delivered.

| | Unsubscribe rate |

  • Unsusbcribes / Delivered
  • %Percentage of unique recipients who unsubscribed out of who got the email delivered.

| | Bounce rate |

  • Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which had in-band bounce out of sent emails.

| | In-band bounce rate |

  • In-band Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which in-band bounced out of sent emails.

| | Hard bounce rate |

  • Hard Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which hard bounced out of sent emails.

| | Temporary bounce rate |

  • Temporary Bounces / Sent

  • %Percentage of emails which temporarily bounced out of sent emails.

| | Soft bounce rate |

  • Soft Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which soft bounced out of sent emails.

| | Block bounce rate |

  • Block Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which block bounced out of sent emails.

| | Undetermined bounce rate |

  • Undetermined Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which bounced due to undetermined reasons out of sent emails.

| | Out-of-band bounce rate |

  • Out-of-band Bounces / Sent
  • %Percentage of emails which had out of band bounce out of sent emails.

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SMS metrics

Metric nameDefinition
Total recipientsNumber of total contacts to which a campaign is targeted
Unique recipientsNumber of unique contacts to which at least one message was sent or a journey triggered
SentNumber of SMS messages from the campaign that were sent successfully from Bird to carriers.
Sending failedNumber of SMS messages from the campaign that failed to be sent successfully from Bird to carriers.
DeliveredNumber of SMS messages from the campaign that were delivered to the recipient’s messaging app by the carriers.
Delivery failedNumber of SMS messages from the campaign that failed to be successfully delivered by carriers.
Delivery rate
  • Delivered / Sent
  • %Percentage of SMS messages which are delivered out of Sent messages

| | Failure rate |

  • Delivery Failed / Sent
  • %Percentage of SMS messages which are failed delivery by carriers out of Sent messages

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