The (soon) open source search engine on object storage with sub-second latency

 https://quickwit.io/

Interesting project to build a low-cost web search. 

We build and maintain an open repository of web crawl data that can be accessed and analyzed by anyone.

 https://commoncrawl.org/

Interesting open data set of web crawl data sitting out on S3

Billion Events Per Second with Millisecond Latency: Streaming Analytics at Giga-Scale

 https://jet-start.sh/blog/2021/03/17/billion-events-per-second

That's a LOT of events

Privacy-focused analytics

https://www.privalytics.io/
Hosted or self-hosted opensource analytics

Meet Avast Business

https://www.avast.com/en-us/business
do they sell data?

Top 10 million domains

https://www.domcop.com/top-10-million-domains
based on openpagerank

Self-hosted, Node.js based analytics tool for those who care about privacy

https://ackee.electerious.com/
self-hosted analytics platform that claims not to use cookies. This is either comforting or frightening.

Analytics Mania

https://www.analyticsmania.com/
Some of the most detailed info on GA and GTM I've seen. 

Spotify’s pitch to podcasters: valuable listener data

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/13/20802018/spotify-for-podcasters-dashboard-live-beta-analytics
Spotify starts flexing its muscle in the podcast arena.

We give you the foot traffic data you need to bring customers into your retail location.

https://mycountable.com/
Interesting technology for brick-and-mortar analytics.

How to Use User Behavior Analytics to Increase Your Conversions: 5 Tips

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/user-behavior-analytics-increase-conversions/304955/amp/
How to reduce bounce rate, improve user experience.

Hosting your own analytics with Fathom

https://www.kn8.lt/blog/hosting-your-own-analytics-with-fathom/
Self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics.

It’s Time to Ditch Google Analytics

https://medium.com/fast-company/its-time-to-ditch-google-analytics-189af52d30d2
If you're concerned about privacy, maybe these analytics platforms are better for you.

How Google Tracks Your Personal Information

https://medium.com/s/story/the-complete-unauthorized-checklist-of-how-google-tracks-you-3c3abc10781d
Some of this is positively scary.

Ship custom analytics for your users quickly & without headaches User-facing metrics

https://keen.io/
Streaming analytics platform. Wish they had more demos.

HotJar analytics

https://www.hotjar.com/
Interesting, kinda creepy analytics package.

Predictive Analytics = Awesome

https://medium.com/iotforall/predictive-analytics-awesome-25e7ffbac835
Case studies in Predictive Analytics for the IoT. 

5 web analytics tools every business needs

http://infoworld.com/article/3180756/analytics/5-web-analytics-tools-every-business-needs.html
Hyperbole in the title. Every business doesn't need these 5 analytics tools, but they're useful to some. 

My Most Impactful Analytics Technologies in 2016

http://www.webanalyticsworld.net/2017/01/my-most-impactful-analytics-technologies-in-2016.html
Beyond Google Tag Manager, to other new Analytics tools:

googleAnalyticsR: A new R package for the Analytics Reporting API V4

https://analytics.googleblog.com/2016/12/googleanalyticsr-new-r-package-for.html
Looks like with GA's v4 API with R and shiny you can build your own Google Analytics