Insights
The Insights page provides a comprehensive dashboard for analyzing your location history data. It offers visualizations, statistics, and patterns to help you understand your movement habits and travel behaviors over time.
Accessing Insightsβ
Navigate to the Insights page from the main navigation menu. You can select different years to view historical data, or choose "All Time" to see aggregated statistics across your entire location history.
Overview Statsβ
At the top of the Insights page, you'll find key metrics for the selected period:
- Total Distance - The total distance traveled
- Countries Visited - Number of unique countries
- Cities Visited - Number of unique cities
- Days Traveling - Number of active days with recorded movement
Activity Heatmapβ
The Activity Heatmap displays a GitHub-style contribution graph showing your daily activity throughout the year. Each cell represents a day, with color intensity indicating the level of activity:
- Lighter colors indicate less movement
- Darker colors indicate more movement
- Gray cells indicate no recorded activity
Hover over any cell to see the exact date and distance traveled that day. The heatmap also shows the number of active days for the selected year.
Activity Streakβ
The Activity Streak section tracks consecutive days of recorded movement:
- Current Streak - Shows how many consecutive days you've been active (only shown for the current year)
- Longest Streak - Your best consecutive active days record, including the date range when it occurred
This feature helps you stay motivated to track your location consistently.
Year Comparisonβ
When viewing a specific year, the Insights page compares your statistics with the previous year:
- Distance change (percentage increase/decrease)
- Countries visited change
- Cities visited change
- Active days change
This helps you understand trends in your travel and movement patterns over time.
Activity Breakdownβ
The Activity Breakdown shows how you spend your time across different transportation modes:
- Driving - Time spent in a car
- Walking - Time spent walking
- Cycling - Time spent on a bicycle
- Running - Time spent running
- Train - Time spent on trains
- Bus - Time spent on buses
- Flying - Time spent flying
- Boat - Time spent on boats
- Stationary - Time spent not moving
Each mode displays a progress bar showing its percentage of total tracked time, along with the actual duration.
Activity breakdown requires tracks with transportation mode detection enabled. See the Transportation Modes documentation for more information.
Monthly Digestβ
The Monthly Digest provides detailed statistics for a specific month, including:
- Total Distance - Distance traveled that month
- Active Days - Number of days with recorded movement
- Countries - Countries visited
- Cities - Cities visited
Weekly Patternβ
A bar chart showing which days of the week you're most active, helping you identify your movement habits.
Top Locationsβ
The places where you spent the most time during the month, showing:
- Location name
- Total time spent
First Visitsβ
Highlights new countries and cities you visited for the first time during that month, marked with special badges.
Month-over-Month Comparisonβ
When available, shows how your current month compares to the previous month:
- Distance change percentage
- Countries visited change
Use the navigation arrows or dropdown to switch between months.
Travel Patternsβ
The Travel Patterns section analyzes when you typically travel:
Time of Day Distributionβ
Shows your activity distribution across different times of day:
- Morning
- Afternoon
- Evening
- Night
Day of Week Distributionβ
Displays which days of the week you're most active, helping identify weekly patterns.
Seasonalityβ
When viewing annual data, shows how your activity varies across seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter).
Movement & Wellnessβ
This section provides health-related insights based on your movement data:
Active Timeβ
Shows total time spent on active transportation modes:
- Walking
- Running
- Cycling
- Driving
Sedentary vs Activeβ
Compares time spent in sedentary activities (stationary, in transport) versus active movement, including an activity ratio to help you understand your overall movement wellness.
Location Clustersβ
The Location Clusters section identifies geographic areas where you spend the most time. This helps visualize your "home bases" and frequently visited regions.
Top Visited Locationsβ
For the selected year, shows your top 5 most visited places based on:
- Number of visits
- Total time spent
This requires the Visits and Places feature to be enabled with reverse geocoding configured.