I want to come back to this thread.
I manage a community of community managers, and it goes without saying that platform shortfalls come up a lot.
There isn’t a platform out there (that I’m aware of) that does metrics well.
I’m a huge Discourse fan, but you’re letting yourselves down badly in the metrics/analytics department. I’m not suggesting that it should take priority over some of the other things that you’re currently ironing out, but if you want to be a market leader, my advice would be to put some energy into that area.
You won’t get community professionals to really take serious notice until you do. Every time I raise the subject of Discourse, the first thing that people say is ‘I hear the analytics are bad’. And they’re right. 
I’d be happy to offer more constructive feedback around what would be useful if you ever get to the point of actioning this.