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Tracking Page Views in a React SPA with Google Analytics 4

Adding Google Analytics (GA4) to a standard HTML website is straightforward: paste the tracking snippet into your <head> and you're done. Every time a user clicks a link, the browser fetches a new HTML page, and GA registers a page view. But if you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) with React, Vite, and React Router, this out-of-the-box behavior breaks down. In a React SPA, clicking a link doesn't trigger a page reload. React simply unmounts the old component and mounts the new one while manipulating the browser's URL history. Because the page never actually "reloads," Google Analytics never registers the new URL, and your analytics will show users seemingly stuck on the homepage forever. Here is exactly how I solved this for my portfolio site. 1. The Environment Setup First, avoid hardcoding your tracking ID into your source code. If your repo is public, anyone could scrape it. Add your Measurement ID (found in your GA dashboard, usually starting wit
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