Roblox Analytics Reference
When to Load
Load when tracking player behavior, economy events, or funnels, or when building AnalyticsService instrumentation.
Quick Reference
Full Reference below: load only for API signatures or implementation patterns.
Key rules:
- Use
AnalyticsService (built-in). No third-party analytics SDK needed.
- Three event types: Custom (counters/values), Economy (currency flow), Funnel (step progression)
- Rate limit: 120 + (20 × CCU) calls per minute. Batch where possible.
- Max 100 custom events, 5 unique currency types, 10 funnels, 3 custom fields per event.
- Log events AFTER successful operations, not on attempt. Failed attempts log nothing.
- Report the balance the authoritative mutation RETURNED at commit, unchanged. Never recompute it from the
leaderstats replica: it already reflects the grant; re-adding double-counts.
- Custom fields (up to 3) slice data without burning event cardinality.
- Economy events track sources (earned) and sinks (spent) separately.
- Funnel steps need not fire in order; skipped intermediate steps are auto-back-filled as completed when a later step logs.
- Events appear on Creator Hub dashboard after ~24 hours. Use "View Events" for real-time validation.
- Prefer server-side logging for accuracy; client-side only for UI interaction tracking.
- Creator Rewards: no AnalyticsService grant event. Analytics for leading indicators (session duration, onboarding, referral milestones); Creator Dashboard for payout attribution.
Economy health (decision layer):
- Instrument from day one; you cannot backfill history when the economy breaks.
- Log source AND sink per currency with SKUs + the committed mutation's returned balance.
- Health signals: sink/source ratio, inflation (
CurrencySources - CurrencySinks), whale concentration (high ARPPU + low ARPDAU), price elasticity, sink sufficiency, D1/D7 cohorts. Thresholds are heuristics, not Roblox statements.
- Economy breaks: verify events exist + correct, read narrowest broken signal, change ONE lever, re-check. Telemetry reports what broke; the user owns the design decision.
Cross-refs: roblox-growth-design for audit workflow; roblox-monetization for the purchase funnel.
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1---2name: roblox-analytics3description: Use when tracking player behavior, economy events, or funnels with AnalyticsService, including event taxonomy, rate limits, and batching.4---56# Roblox Analytics Reference78## When to Load910Load when tracking player behavior, economy events, or funnels, or when building AnalyticsService instrumentation.1112## Quick Reference1314**Full Reference below: load only for API signatures or implementation patterns.**1516Key rules:17- Use `AnalyticsService` (built-in). No third-party analytics SDK needed.18- Three event types: Custom (counters/values), Economy (currency flow), Funnel (step progression)19- Rate limit: 120 + (20 × CCU) calls per minute. Batch where possible.20- Max 100 custom events, 5 unique currency types, 10 funnels, 3 custom fields per event.21- Log events AFTER successful operations, not on attempt. Failed attempts log nothing.22- Report the balance the authoritative mutation RETURNED at commit, unchanged. Never recompute it from the `leaderstats` replica: it already reflects the grant; re-adding double-counts.23- Custom fields (up to 3) slice data without burning event cardinality.24- Economy events track sources (earned) and sinks (spent) separately.25- Funnel steps need not fire in order; skipped intermediate steps are auto-back-filled as completed when a later step logs.26- Events appear on Creator Hub dashboard after ~24 hours. Use "View Events" for real-time validation.27- Prefer server-side logging for accuracy; client-side only for UI interaction tracking.28- Creator Rewards: no AnalyticsService grant event. Analytics for leading indicators (session duration, onboarding, referral milestones); Creator Dashboard for payout attribution.2930**Economy health (decision layer):**31- Instrument from day one; you cannot backfill history when the economy breaks.32- Log source AND sink per currency with SKUs + the committed mutation's returned balance.33- Health signals: sink/source ratio, inflation (`CurrencySources - CurrencySinks`), whale concentration (high ARPPU + low ARPDAU), price elasticity, sink sufficiency, D1/D7 cohorts. Thresholds are heuristics, not Roblox statements.34- Economy breaks: verify events exist + correct, read narrowest broken signal, change ONE lever, re-check. Telemetry reports what broke; the user owns the design decision.3536**Cross-refs:** `roblox-growth-design` for audit workflow; `roblox-monetization` for the purchase funnel.3738**Need more detail?** Load `references/full.md` for the complete reference with code examples, API tables, and edge cases.
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