# Outgoing link statistics?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/outgoing-link-statistics/76050
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outgoing-link-statistics/76050 "2017-12-14T16:36:04Z")
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### Author: ![Sujan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sujan/32/70979_2.png) [@Sujan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sujan)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outgoing-link-statistics/76050/1 "2017-12-14T16:36:04Z")

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When you include a URL in a post it will display the number of clicks it received. Is this number also available somewhere for all links, aggregated by URL?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/outgoing-link-statistics/76050/2 "2017-12-14T22:34:33Z")

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I think you’d need a [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query for that. Remember some clicks can’t be captured there, such as right and middle click, open in new window.