Consider using Cloudflare proxy to keep Umami analytics from getting blocked

[techniq]

Something to consider. See post for some context.

• https://github.com/umami-software/umami/discussions/1026
• https://github.com/umami-software/umami/pull/1257
• https://github.com/keven1024/cloudflare-proxy-anywhere
• https://gist.github.com/timfish/a69dd7457b8d6d97c0a8018675be6c23
• https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/bulk-origin-proxy/
• https://plausible.io/docs/proxy/guides/cloudflare
  • https://github.com/raulrpearson/plausible-proxy-cloudflare-workers
  • https://www.bitdoze.com/astro-plausible-cloudflare-workers/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJtSVbqyXWU

[techniq]

Interesting comparison between Umami and Posthog stats (All time (Dec '23 - Jun '24)

• Umami has ~31% less views than Posthog (115k vs 151k)
• Umami shows no traffic from China, Africa, much of South America, and more
• US visitors is much less (1.96k vs 9.3k)

Umami	PostHog