A lot of visitor-tracking tools quietly undercount readers who run ad blockers or privacy extensions, because those tools rely on cookies the blockers strip out. Orbit doesn't use cookies, so it's less likely to be blocked, and its single-screen dashboard shows top posts, referrers, and live traffic without a report library to dig through.
Orbit doesn't rely on cookies, which are the mechanism most ad-blockers and privacy extensions target, so it's generally less likely to be silently blocked than a cookie-based analytics script.
Yes — Orbit's dashboard shows referrer sources for each site, so you can see whether traffic came from social, search, or a direct link.
Yes — a public share link lets anyone view your site's dashboard with no login, which works well for sharing readership numbers with a potential sponsor or advertiser.
For one blog with modest traffic, yes — the free plan covers 1 website with 90-day data retention. If you want to keep history longer or add more sites, Starter is €4.99/mo.