Using insights in Airtable
Last updated: September 24, 2026
Plan availability | Business and Enterprise Scale plans |
Permissions | Owners and Creators |
Platform(s) | Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app |
This article details how to use Airtable insights to understand base and interface activity, identify ways to optimize bases and interfaces, and help with base maintenance.
Airtable insights glossary & metric definitions
Term | Definition |
View | A table view within a base |
Page | An interface page |
User | Both authenticated and unauthenticated users (unauthenticated users will be noted as anonymous users) |
Metric | Definition |
Daily active user | A unique user who has opened Airtable and/or made record edits in the last 24 hours |
Weekly active user | A unique user who has opened Airtable and/or made record edits in the last 7 days |
Overall activity | Count of unique users who have taken at least one action (view or page open/record edits) in any part of Airtable |
Base activity | Count of unique users who have taken at least one action (view open/record edits) in the base |
Interface activity | Count of unique users who have taken at least one action (page open/record edits) in interfaces |
Days active | Count of distinct days when a user takes any of the following actions: views or opens interface pages, or record activity, within the selected date range (Default previous month), using the user’s timezone. |
Opens | Navigating to, or refreshing, a view or interface page |
Record edits | Count of all edits a user made to records in either views or interface pages |
Record activity by base or interface | The total number of times there have been record edits in either the base or interfaces |
Top users | The total count of activity across all metrics on the top users table, ranking users from highest total to lowest |
Top places (bar chart) | The top 10 interface pages and views based on opens, ranked from highest to lowest |
Top places (details table) | The top interface pages and views based on the total count of opens plus activity, ranked from highest to lowest |
Accessing insights in Airtable
To access insights:
Open your Airtable home screen.
Create or open your preferred base.
Click Tools in the upper-right portion of the screen.
Select Insights from the dropdown.
Insights in Airtable overview
Airtable insights include the following information:
Base suggestions
Base and interface activity
Top base and interface users
Downloading Airtable insights CSVs
To download insights CSVs:
Open your Airtable home screen.
Create or open your preferred base.
Click Tools in the upper-right portion of the screen.
Select Insights from the dropdown.
Insights are available for: Daily active users, Record activity by surface, Top users, and Top places.
Click the dropdown ⌄ icon next to your preferred insight.
Click Download CSV.
Troubleshooting Airtable insights
If insights are missing activity for a collaborator—for example, their view or interface page opens aren't counted, or they don't appear as a daily active user—check whether they use an ad blocker or a similar privacy browser extension. These browser extensions can prevent Airtable from recording some activity, which can lower counts for metrics like Opens, Daily active users, and Top places.
To make sure this activity is recorded:
Ask the collaborator to turn off their ad blocker for Airtable, or to add airtable.com to the ad blocker's allowlist.
Have them reload Airtable in their browser.