Dailymotion referrer traffic
Dailymotion is a video hosting platform. Links in video descriptions and player overlays can drive visits appearing as dailymotion.com referrals, but embedded players can surface the host site instead, so UTM tags are the reliable way to attribute Dailymotion traffic.
What this means
Dailymotion is a video hosting and streaming platform. Links in a video's description or in player overlays can send viewers to your site, appearing as referrals from dailymotion.com.
When your video is embedded elsewhere, clicks may carry that host's domain as the referrer rather than Dailymotion, so the same campaign can appear under several referrers depending on where the player ran.
Why the referrer can be missing
Embedded players, privacy settings, and referrer-policy downgrades can suppress or shorten the Referer header, leaving some Dailymotion clicks in direct or unknown traffic.
Tag description and overlay links with utm_source=dailymotion and utm_medium=video. The query string survives regardless of player context, so the visit stays attributable to Dailymotion even when the header is stripped or replaced by an embedding host.
- Host you may see: dailymotion.com (or an embedding site's domain)
- Recommended tags: utm_source=dailymotion, utm_medium=video
- Embeds may surface as the host page rather than Dailymotion
How it appears in analytics and logs
A referrer on dailymotion.com means a visitor followed a link from a Dailymotion video page or overlay. Embedded players may carry the embedding site's domain instead, so the same video can surface under multiple referrers.
Diagnostic use case
Confirm a referral came from Dailymotion, separate clicks from a video page versus an embed, and attribute description links across player contexts.
What WebmasterID can help detect
WebmasterID groups Dailymotion referrals as a video channel and reconciles them with your UTM tags, so video-driven visits stay distinct from direct traffic across embed and page contexts.
Common mistakes
- Assuming all Dailymotion clicks show dailymotion.com — embeds can surface the host page.
- Leaving description links untagged, losing player clicks to direct traffic.
- Treating video-channel referrals the same as organic search.
Privacy and accuracy notes
Attribution uses only the Referer header and any UTM parameters. No Dailymotion account or viewer is identified. WebmasterID records the channel, not the person.
Related pages
- Vimeo referrer traffic
Vimeo is a video hosting platform favoured by creators and businesses. Links in video descriptions, profile pages, and player overlays can drive visits that appear as vimeo.com referrals. Embedded players and privacy settings can suppress the referrer, so UTM tags are the reliable way to attribute Vimeo traffic.
- YouTube referrer traffic
YouTube drives outbound traffic primarily through description links, cards, and end screens. On the web these often arrive with a youtube.com referrer, but links opened from the mobile app can lose it. UTM tags make YouTube measurable whether or not the referrer survives.
- Attribution analytics
Attribute Dailymotion description clicks across player contexts.
Sources and verification notes
- Dailymotion — AboutPlatform description; embed referrer behaviour observed, not version-specific.
- MDN — Referer header
Last reviewed 2026-06-24. Facts are checked against primary/official sources where available; uncertain specifics are marked “Data not yet verified” rather than guessed.