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Event

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Updated Jul 11, 2026 Shahin editorial 2 min read
PronunciationEN/ɪˈvɛnt/

An event is the smallest unit of recorded user behavior in analytics: anything a user or the system does, such as a click, a pageview or a purchase.

Event-based analytics stores everything as “who did what, when, with which attributes”. Each event can carry properties (like product name or amount) that later power filtering and breakdowns.

Sources:Mixpanel — What is an event?