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Understanding Your Form's Views, Responses, and Completion Rate

Last updated 2026-08-04

Every form tracks two raw counters — views (page loads) and responses (completed submissions) — and completion rate is responses divided by views, shown on your dashboard and on each individual form. A low rate with high views means something in the form is causing drop-off.

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    Check your dashboard totals

    Your main dashboard shows account-wide totals: total views, total responses, your overall conversion rate, and the percentage of your forms that have at least one response.

  2. 2

    Check an individual form's numbers

    Open a specific form to see its own views and responses counts, plus its individual completion rate (responses ÷ views).

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    Understand what increments each counter

    Views increment on every page load or visit to the form. Responses increment only when someone completes and submits it — so a visitor who opens the form and leaves without finishing counts as a view but not a response.

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    Read a low completion rate correctly

    A high view count paired with a low response count means people are seeing the form but not finishing it. The raw rate tells you a problem exists, not which question is causing it.

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    Dig into where people are leaving

    For a question-by-question breakdown of where respondents abandon the form, use the Pro drop-off analytics on the form's Analytics page — see “How to See Where Respondents Drop Off” for details.

Frequently asked questions

Does a page reload count as a new view?
Yes — views increment on page load, so each visit or reload adds one, independent of whether the visitor ever submits. That's why completion rate (responses ÷ views) is the more useful number than raw response count alone.
My completion rate is low — where do I look next?
The dashboard and per-form numbers only tell you that drop-off is happening, not where. Check the Pro drop-off analytics on the form's Analytics page to see which question people abandon most.

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