[pogue]

I'm planning on running a small niche WordPress blog that I would like to monetize with adsense & possibly an affiliate program. I see there's a lot of choices for analytics available listed by users in this post. Does Adsense require Google Analytics or could I use one of these more privacy friendly ones?

[that_guy_iain]

Im confused why you would care for a privacy friendly option when you‘re already willing to give Google all the data anyways.

[pogue]

Is there a better option than adsense that pays out as well?

[NicuCalcea]

AdSense and Google Analytics are two separate products, you can use either, both or neither. If you have AdSense though, you've already allowing Google to track your users, so I don't think ditching Analytics would make the blog any more private.