# Keep up! - the ultimate analytics resource round-up > Keeping up with the analytics industry is a daunting task. This list is a good starting point for anyone wanting to get caught up - or stay one step ahead. Source: https://www.measurelab.co.uk/insights/blog/analytics-resources-list/ Author: Daniel Perry-Reed Published: 2022-01-26 Updated: 2026-10-12 Over the years, I’ve stumbled across (and regularly returned to) a number of invaluable resources that help me keep up-to-date with the goings on with the technology, legislation and general industry news. Here's my list of go-to sources. I hope you find them useful too! ### **Analytics forums** - GMP partner forum (restricted to partners, sorry!) - [Measure Slack](https://www.measure.chat/) - [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/) Google Marketing Platform product forums - [Google Analytics Community](https://support.google.com/analytics/threads) - [Google Tag Manager Community](https://support.google.com/tagmanager/threads) - [Google Data Studio Community](https://support.google.com/datastudio/threads) ### **Analytics product resources** Google product release notes - [GA4](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9164320) - [GTM](https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/4620708) - [GDS](https://support.google.com/datastudio/answer/10331528) - [Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/support/releases) - [BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes) Follow Google products on LinkedIn - [Google Analytics products](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/google-analytics/) - [Google Marketing Platform](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/googlemarketingplatform/) - [Google Cloud](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/google-cloud/) ### **Analytics blogs and newsletters** Google product official blogs - [GCP blog](https://cloud.google.com/blog/) (specifically the [BigQuery blog](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/bigquery)) - [GMP blog](https://www.blog.google/products/marketingplatform/360/) (specifically the [Google Analytics products blog](https://www.blog.google/products/marketingplatform/analytics/)) Independent and agency blogs - [Trust Insights](https://www.trustinsights.ai/blog/) - [Analytics Mania](https://www.analyticsmania.com/blog/) - [Ken Williams](https://ken-williams.com/) - [Simo Ahava](https://www.simoahava.com/) - [Charles Farina](https://www.charlesfarina.com/) - [Krista Seiden](https://www.kristaseiden.com/) - [Avinash Kaushik](https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/) - [CRAP Talks](https://craptalks.com/) - [Measurelab](https://www.measurelab.co.uk/insights/) - [Bounteous](https://www.bounteous.com/insights/?category=topics/analytics) - [IIH Nordic](https://iihnordic.com/blog/) - [Adswerve](https://adswerve.com/resources/) - [Cardinal Path - GMP Hub](https://www.cardinalpath.com/google-marketing-platform-hub) - [International Institute for Analytics (IIA)](https://iianalytics.com/resources) - [Ben Collins](https://www.benlcollins.com/) (Google Sheets tips) ### **Analytics influencers to follow** - Steen Rasmussen - IIH Nordic ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/steenrasmussen/)) - Mark Edmondson - IIH Nordic ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpeteredmondson/)) - Simo Ahava - 8-bit-sheep & Simmer ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/simoahava/)) - Krista Seiden - KS Digital ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristaseiden/)) - Charles Farina - Adswerve ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesfarina/)) - Ken Williams - Search Discovery ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethcwilliams/)) - Peter O’Neill - ZHS Orchards ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteroneill/)) - Julius Fedorovicius - Analytics Mania ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fedorovicius/)) - Stéphane Hamel - Many! ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamel/)) - Avinash Kaushik - Google ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/akaushik/)) ### **Analytics podcasts** - [In-Ear Insights](https://www.trustinsights.ai/insights/in-ear-insights-the-trust-insights-podcast/) (Katie Robbert and Chris Penn from Trust Insights) - [Analytics Neat](https://billbruno.com/category/analytics-neat-podcast/) (Bill Bruno) - [Analytics Power Hour](https://analyticshour.io/) (Michael Helbling, Tim Wilson and Moe Kiss) - [Technical Marketing Handbook](https://www.teamsimmer.com/tmh-podcast/) (Simo Ahava from Team Simmer) - [Standard Deviation Podcast](https://standard-deviation-podcast.simplecast.com/) (Simo Ahava from Team Simmer and Juliana Jackson from Media.Monks) - [The Measure Pod](https://www.measurelab.co.uk/insights/podcast/) (Daniel Perry-Reed and Dara Fitzgerald from Measurelab, and Bhavic Patel from LeanConvert) - [Leading Analytics Podcast](https://iianalytics.com/community/podcast) (Jack Phillips from International Institute for Analytics) - [Measure Up](https://www.mmmhub.org/podcast) (Jim Gianoglio from MMM Hub) - [The Marketing Analytics Show](https://supermetrics.com/podcast) (Anna Shutko from Supermetrics) - [33 Tangents](https://33tangents.33sticks.com/) (Jason Thompson and Jim Driscoll from 33 Sticks) - [Business Unfiltered](https://businessunfiltered.fm/) (Mercer from MeasurementMarketing.io and Jeff Sauer from Data Driven U) - [Life After GDPR](https://lifeaftergdpr.eu/) (Rick Dronkers from Data to Value) - [Masters of Privacy](https://mastersofprivacy.com/) (from PrivacyCloud) - [Women in Analytics After Hours](https://www.womeninanalytics.com/podcast) (Lauren Burke from Women in Analytics) - [Meet the Analytics Stack](https://blog.deepskydata.com/tag/meet-the-analytics-stack/) (Timo Dechau from deepskydata) ### **Analytics events and meetups** - [CRAP Talks](https://craptalks.com/) (London and Manchester, UK meetup) - [BrightonSEO](https://www.brightonseo.com/) (every 6 months in Brighton, UK) - [MeasureFest](https://www.brightonseo.com/event/measurefest/) (Brighton SEO fringe event) - [MeasureCamp](https://www.measurecamp.org/) (IRL and online globally) - [SUPERWEEK](https://superweek.hu/) (Normally in January/February in Hungary) - [Brighton Data Forum](https://www.meetup.com/brighton-data-forum/) (Brighton, UK meetup) ### **Analytics organisations** - [Internet Advertising Bureau](https://www.iabuk.com/) (IAB) - [Information Commissioner's Office](https://ico.org.uk/) (ICO) - [Digital Analytics Association](https://www.digitalanalyticsassociation.org/) (DAA) If you have any resources you’d like to add that I’ve missed, please drop me an email at [daniel@measurelab.co.uk](mailto:daniel@measurelab.co.uk) and I’ll add them to the list.