Watch your users grow into a city
Users become the skylineStatus becomes the weather
Questions, answered
What do the numbers actually control?
Total users set the city’s size (homestead → metropolis). Active users fill the streets with traffic and crowds. Your platform status becomes the weather.
Do I need PostHog AND Google Analytics?
No — pick one. Manual mode is also there if you just want to preview numbers you type in (it can’t be published). You can switch anytime.
Is my data safe?
If you connect PostHog or GA, the API key / service-account JSON (or OAuth token) is encrypted at rest, used server-side only, and never sent to the public city page — and we ask for least-privilege scopes (PostHog query:read only; GA read-only Viewer / analytics.readonly on one property). Visitors only ever see the resulting numbers and weather.
Can I embed the city on my own site?
Yes. Grab the publishable URL and drop it in an iframe: <iframe src="https://theusertown.com/city/your-slug" width="100%" height="500"></iframe>.
How often does it update?
The published city and dashboard preview poll your source every couple of minutes, so numbers and weather stay current without hammering your analytics account.