How to find how many users are browsing your webpage at the same time?

Question

I need to find using asp.net,

How many users are browsing my website at any particular instance of time.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

You could use an application variable and increment it during *Session_Start* in the Global.asax. Also this variable needs to be decremented when the *Session_End* event is fired.

Answer 2

1. If you are using the ASP.NET Membership Provider - Membership.GetNumberOfUsersOnline()

2. Or you could try one of the ASP.NET performance counters . State Server Sessions Active The number of currently active user sessions. This counter is available only on the computer where the state server service (as.net_state) is running.