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How to Use PostHog: Step-by-Step Guide for Product Analytics & Session Replay

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Reading about instrumenting an event is one thing, watching someone actually set it up and see the data land is what makes it click. This walkthrough takes you from a blank account through capturing events and reading the first charts, so you can copy the steps for your own product. Use it as a practical starting point, then define the one or two events that actually signal a user got value.

• Seeing the setup end to end (install, capture an event, read the chart) removes the guesswork of starting from docs alone.
• Autocapture gets you data fast, but the real value is defining a deliberate custom event for your activation moment.
• You can get a working analytics view in one sitting without building a wall of dashboards.