Google Analytics-4 Real-Time Reports Adds Users In Last 5 Minutes

Google has updated the Google Analytics real-time reports to show real-time data in the last five minutes. Previously, Google only showed users in the last 30 minutes but now Google is showing both, 30 minutes and 5 minutes.

Here is a screenshot where you see the 30 minute metric on the left and the 5 minute metric on the right.

Google improved Universal Analytics in 2022 to display 5 minutes because GA4 initially showed 30 minutes, causing a misunderstanding between UA3 real-time reporting and GA4 real-time reports.

There is also a new GA4 feature:

Did anyone notice it..?

It is wonderful to have real-time information as UA3 had, at least in terms of the 5-minute timeframe.