google docs
I've recently posted a Google Document on a forum and I'd like to know how many people saw and when. I could see how people were opening and closing the doc live, with those user icons popping up next to the share button. But nothing in the UI indicates where (if at all) a document stores it's viewing statistics.
Is there a way to do this?
From my answer to How do you embed a video into a Google Doc? with a sligth adaptation:
At this time it's not possible to
insert a videoto embed HTML in a Google document. Below is the current Insert menu.
There are three ways to move page numbers in Docs. First, you need to click in the header or footer containing the page number. Then:
Combining these can place the number pretty much anywhere.
Best Answer
I would suggest using a URL shortener service which allows tracking who clicked the url. Since you are actually using a google product I actually suggest using Google's URL shortener as it shouldn't bother people since it is a google link going to a google product anyway.
There is no native way in Google Drive to see how many people viewed a file.