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Private click measurementLimited availability

The attributionsourceid and attributiondestination attributes for <a> elements measure clicks across websites without associating a click to a specific session. Not to be confused with attribution reporting. Also known as PCM.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

Browser support

DesktopChrome
✕Not supportedup to 155
Current: 155
Edge
✕Not supportedup to 154
Current: 154
Firefox
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari
1–15.3Not supported
15.4+Supportedsince Mar 14, 2022
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
✕Not supportedup to 155
Current: 155
Firefox Android
✕Not supportedup to 157
Current: 157
Safari iOS
1–15.3Not supported
15.4+Supportedsince Mar 14, 2022
Current: 27

How to use

Not supported in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Chrome Android, Firefox Android. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: attributionSourceId.

Feature detection

JS · check before using
if ("HTMLAnchorElement" in globalThis && "attributionSourceId" in HTMLAnchorElement.prototype) {
  // HTMLAnchorElement.attributionSourceId is available
}

Sub-features

Support for each part of the feature (2). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-featureChromeEdgeFirefoxSafariChrome AndroidFirefox AndroidSafari iOS
HTMLAnchorElement.attributionSourceId✕✕✕15.4✕✕15.4
a.attributionsourceid✕✕✕14.1✕✕14.5