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Connect Fathom Analytics

You need API token and Site ID. About two minutes.

1Get these from Fathom Analytics

API token

Paste a token
  1. Open the API page in Fathom's settings.
  2. Click Create new and name the token.
  3. Set permissions to Read only (all sites), or site-specific for this site.
  4. Click Save changes and copy the token: it is not shown again.

Settings, API. A read-only token for this site is enough.

Open the page

https://app.usefathom.com/api

Site ID

ABCDEFGH
  1. Click Settings in Fathom to open the Sites page.
  2. Find the site in the table and look at the Site ID column.
  3. Click the code to copy it.

Settings, Sites. The short id next to the site's name, as used in the embed code.

Open the page

https://app.usefathom.com/sites

2Add it to CreditBar

  1. Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
  2. Click Add account and pick Fathom Analytics.
  3. Paste the API token and the Site ID into the matching fields, and give the account a label you will recognise.
  4. Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.

Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Fathom Analytics. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.

3What it reads

Reports
daily visits, page views, average visit length and bounce rate for the last 30 days
Calls
https://api.usefathom.com/v1/aggregations
Refreshes
At most every 15 minutes
API docs
Fathom Analytics reference, checked 2026-09-28

Days follow the site's timezone in Fathom, so today can lag or lead a UTC day. Visitors are counted per day, so a returning visitor counts once per day.