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Digital Analytics Fundamentals
Lesson 3 of 10Article15 min

GA4 Account, Property & Data Streams

GA4 Account, Property & Data Streams

01Three levels

  • Account — usually the company or agency umbrella
  • Property — where GA4 data lives (one brand’s analytics home)
  • Data stream — web, iOS, or Android source feeding that property

02Practical naming

Name properties clearly: Brand — Production GA4. Avoid “Test 2 final final”. For agencies, one client = one property (or a clear client folder strategy).

  • Keep a staging/test property separate from production when possible
  • One web stream per main site is enough for most beginners
  • Apps get their own streams under the same property when you want unified reporting