Summary
Leverage GA4's built-in monetization reports as a partial solution for ad revenue visibility when direct Mediavine API access isn't available.
Context
Mediavine doesn't have a public API (#757). GA4 has some ad revenue data that could be useful:
- Ad revenue — estimated from AdSense/other ad integrations
- Publisher ads — impressions, clicks, revenue
- E-commerce — if SMI sales are tracked as events
GA4 Metrics Available
From GA4 Data API:
totalAdRevenue — estimated ad revenue
publisherAdClicks — ad clicks
publisherAdImpressions — ad impressions
buyerTaxonomy — for e-commerce attribution
Proposed Enhancement to datamachine/get-ga4-analytics
Add metrics parameter that includes:
{
"metrics": ["sessions", "pageviews", "adRevenue", "adImpressions"],
"dimensions": ["pagePath", "date"],
"period": "30d"
}
Output:
{
"success": true,
"rows": [
{
"page_path": "/spiritual-meaning-crows/",
"sessions": 1500,
"pageviews": 2100,
"ad_revenue": 12.34,
"ad_impressions": 45000,
"rpm": 8.23
}
]
}
Limitations
- GA4 ad revenue is estimated, not actual Mediavine payments
- May not match Mediavine dashboard exactly
- Useful for trends and relative comparison, not exact accounting
Priority
Medium — useful for revenue visibility, but not a complete solution. Better than nothing if Mediavine scraping is too fragile.
Related
Summary
Leverage GA4's built-in monetization reports as a partial solution for ad revenue visibility when direct Mediavine API access isn't available.
Context
Mediavine doesn't have a public API (#757). GA4 has some ad revenue data that could be useful:
GA4 Metrics Available
From GA4 Data API:
totalAdRevenue— estimated ad revenuepublisherAdClicks— ad clickspublisherAdImpressions— ad impressionsbuyerTaxonomy— for e-commerce attributionProposed Enhancement to
datamachine/get-ga4-analyticsAdd
metricsparameter that includes:{ "metrics": ["sessions", "pageviews", "adRevenue", "adImpressions"], "dimensions": ["pagePath", "date"], "period": "30d" }Output:
{ "success": true, "rows": [ { "page_path": "/spiritual-meaning-crows/", "sessions": 1500, "pageviews": 2100, "ad_revenue": 12.34, "ad_impressions": 45000, "rpm": 8.23 } ] }Limitations
Priority
Medium — useful for revenue visibility, but not a complete solution. Better than nothing if Mediavine scraping is too fragile.
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