How to get a Google Meet attendance report (in 2026)

There are two ways to get a Google Meet attendance report:

1. Use the report built into Google Meet. There's nothing to install, but it's only included with certain paid Google Workspace editions, and the report is basic. Jump to the steps.
2. Use AttendList. It works with any Google account, including free Gmail. You connect your account once, and every meeting you join is tracked automatically, with no extension to install. Jump to the steps.

If you're not sure which applies to you, start by checking your Workspace edition.

Which Google Workspace editions include attendance reports?

A paid Google Workspace plan isn't enough on its own. Google only includes attendance tracking with some editions, and the two most common small-business plans aren't among them.

This is Google's own list, which I last checked in October 2026:

If your edition says No, or you can't find the setting in Google Meet, skip ahead to AttendList. It works on every account in this table.

1. Use the built-in Google Meet attendance report

For meeting organizers on a supported Google Workspace edition.

Google Meet's built-in attendance tracking emails the meeting organizer an attendance report spreadsheet after the meeting ends.

You can turn it on in two places. Google also has a short video showing both.

Enabling it during a meeting

1. Click the Host controls button in the bottom-right (the lock symbol 🔒).
2. Open the Host controls settings.
3. Turn on Attendance tracking.

Enabling it from the Google Calendar event

If the meeting hasn't started yet, you can set it up in advance:

1. Create a new event with a Google Meet link, or edit an existing one.
2. Click the settings icon (the gear ⚙) next to the Meet link, then scroll to Attendance tracking.
3. Tick the box, then save the event.

Note: On Education Plus and the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, Google sends the report automatically for any meeting with two or more participants. You don't need to turn anything on.

What's in the built-in report

After the meeting, the organizer gets an email with a Google Sheet attached. It contains:

• the first name, last name and email address of each participant,
• the time they joined, the time they left, and their total duration,
• a separate tab for each breakout room, if you used them.

Limitations of the built-in report

• No leave and rejoin detail. If someone drops out and comes back, you only see their overall duration.
• Only the organizer gets it. If you didn't create the meeting, you won't receive a report.
• No history. Each report is a separate spreadsheet in your inbox, so there's no way to look at one person's attendance across meetings.
• It has to be on beforehand. Outside the two Education editions, if tracking wasn't enabled for the meeting, there's no report.

If any of those matter to you, or your edition doesn't include attendance tracking at all, use AttendList instead.

2. Get an attendance report automatically with AttendList

For any Google account, including free Gmail. No extension required.

I built AttendList to create the most detailed Google Meet attendance reports possible. It's the best Google Meet attendance tracker I've tested, though as its developer I'm biased.

You connect your Google account once. From then on, AttendList automatically tracks attendance in every Google Meet you join, and the report is waiting for you afterwards. There's nothing to switch on before each meeting.

How to set it up

1. Sign in. Sign in to AttendList with your Google account.
2. Approve the Google permissions. Click Connect all with Google and approve the permissions. This lets AttendList sync attendance from your meetings.
3. Join your meetings as normal. AttendList syncs with Google Meet in the background, so it works on your phone, tablet or computer. Learn how automatic tracking works.
4. Open your report. After the meeting, your attendance report appears in AttendList.

What's in the AttendList report

• Every participant, with their email address where Google makes it available.
• A full timeline for each person, showing every time they joined, left and rejoined.
• The whole meeting, from the first person joining to the last person leaving, even if you joined late or left early.
• Every meeting in one place, with a history for each participant across meetings.

You can export any report as a CSV spreadsheet that opens in Excel or Google Sheets. The Pro plan adds PDF export, and can send reports to Google Drive, Google Sheets or your inbox automatically.

More than a single report

A spreadsheet per meeting only gets you so far. AttendList also handles two things I'm often asked about:

• Recurring sessions. Group a weekly class, training course or standup into one recurring session, matched by meeting title or Meet code. You get attendance rates and trends for every person across the whole series, rather than a pile of separate reports. I've written a full guide to tracking attendance across recurring Google Meet meetings, including a free Google Sheets method.
• Attendance certificates. Issue a certificate of attendance to participants of a meeting or a recurring session. You can select everyone above an attendance threshold (say, 80%), then download the certificates as PDFs. Each one has a public page where anyone can verify it's genuine.

What it costs

The Basic plan is free and includes 5 attendance reports per week, 14 days of history, 1 recurring session and 25 certificates. Pro is $14 per user per month, with unlimited reports, history and recurring sessions, 500 certificates a year and a 14-day free trial. See pricing.

There's also an optional Chrome extension, which starts tracking the moment you join a meeting rather than at the next sync. You don't need it to get a report.

Built-in report vs AttendList

Conclusion

If your organization pays for a supported Google Workspace edition and a basic spreadsheet is enough, Google Meet's built-in report does the job.

For everything else, including free Gmail accounts, Business Starter and Business Standard, get started with AttendList. If you'd like to compare the alternatives first, I've tested and ranked the best Google Meet attendance trackers.