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source_url: https://www.pubnub.com/docs/pubnub-insights/dashboards/user-behavior
title: User Behavior & Devices Dashboard
updated_at: 2026-05-21T15:45:44.689Z
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# User Behavior & Devices Dashboard

The **User Behavior & Devices** dashboard provides an overview of how users engage:

* How long users stay connected to a channel or event
* How many users stay connected, and for how long
* What device types users use to publish and subscribe

![User Behavior dashboard: duration charts and top channels table](https://www.pubnub.com/assets/images/user-behavior-dashboard-cb0bd4138245059572c4e58ca3fba349.png)

### User behavior

The **Avg User Duration** bar chart shows the average time users stay connected to a channel or event during a selected hour and date range.

The **Unique Users by Duration Timeframe** chart shows the number of unique users engaged in hourly buckets by timeframe (for example, `0–5 min`, `15–20 min`).

The **Top 20 Channels with User Duration by Hour** table is based on the following categories:

| Category | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Number of messages** | Top 20 channels with the highest number of messages in the selected period. |
| **Number of subscribers** | Top 20 channels with the highest subscriber counts in the selected period. |
| **Number of users with messages** | Top 20 channels with the most users who published messages in the selected period. |

For each top channel, the table shows the average connected duration and the number of users connected for each timeframe.

### Device types

The **Publishes & Subscribes by Device Type** chart shows publishes or subscribes grouped by device type (for example, iOS, Android, Windows). Use this to tailor features by device.

The **Unique Users by Device Type** chart shows unique users grouped by device type (for example, iOS, Android, Windows).

![Device types charts: publishes/subscribes and unique users by device](https://www.pubnub.com/assets/images/device-type-1e6fcda69f463b651a010f4d9c5445db.png)

## Features on this dashboard

* [Chart Data Export](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/pubnub-insights/features#chart-data-export)
* [Dashboard Settings](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/pubnub-insights/basics#messages)
* [Expanded Data Download](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/pubnub-insights/features#expanded-data-download)
* [Analyze with AI](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/pubnub-insights/features#analyze-with-ai)

## Terms in this document

* **Dashboard** - A collection of widgets (charts) that give an overview of the metrics one is evaluating.