diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8ab22c224..5208c5c3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,5 +10,3 @@ node_modules/
 nohup.out
 package-lock.json
 trace.out
-assets/jsconfig.json
-
diff --git a/assets/js/main.js b/assets/js/main.js
index 8c8ea6247..c12be19fa 100644
--- a/assets/js/main.js
+++ b/assets/js/main.js
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ var debug = 0 ? console.log.bind(console, '[index]') : function () {};
 
 	{
 		let containerScrollTops = {};
-		let turboLoaded = false;
 
 		// To preserve scroll position in scrolling elements on navigation add data-turbo-preserve-scroll-container="somename" to the scrolling container.
 		addEventListener('turbo:click', () => {
@@ -57,14 +56,6 @@ var debug = 0 ? console.log.bind(console, '[index]') : function () {};
 			});
 		});
 
-		addEventListener('turbo:load', () => {
-			if (turboLoaded) {
-				// Minimal Analytics does not support SPA out of the box, so we need to manually track page views on Turbo navigation.
-				window.track('page_view');
-			}
-			turboLoaded = true;
-		});
-
 		addEventListener('turbo:render', () => {
 			document.querySelectorAll('[data-turbo-preserve-scroll-container]').forEach((ele) => {
 				const containerScrollTop = containerScrollTops[ele.dataset.turboPreserveScrollContainer];
diff --git a/assets/jsconfig.json b/assets/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..377218ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+ "compilerOptions": {
+  "baseUrl": ".",
+  "paths": {
+   "*": [
+    "*"
+   ]
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa2ea19f8..4b9e0a369 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs
 
 go 1.22.0
-
-require (
-	github.com/bep/hugo-mod-minimalanalytics v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/jahilldev/minimal-analytics v0.0.0-20220825110705-ee335ed38334 // indirect
-)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f753f06a0..af9b5febf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-github.com/bep/hugo-mod-minimalanalytics v0.3.0 h1:fctZN3nFOFrapX1dhPBszyCUKOGjEpBJmp1jBf3YkJE=
-github.com/bep/hugo-mod-minimalanalytics v0.3.0/go.mod h1:3QVkKqSikBRTI+hS3dm/zCAfGukd+opSfAwfjkyxqIw=
-github.com/jahilldev/minimal-analytics v0.0.0-20220825110705-ee335ed38334 h1:r8/jLqGw5uwSmgJ4eSGbxa1XBaSIkp3MY99GhY61NeE=
-github.com/jahilldev/minimal-analytics v0.0.0-20220825110705-ee335ed38334/go.mod h1:w4l2fXZWGxmcVQfLLBdTqUT6HpSIA9FhmUtVArJFLYw=
+github.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme v0.0.0-20250116152525-2d382cae7743 h1:gjoqq8+RnGwpuU/LQVYGGR/LsDplrfUjOabWwoROYsM=
+github.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme v0.0.0-20250116152525-2d382cae7743/go.mod h1:GOYeAPQJ/ok8z7oz1cjfcSlsFpXrmx6VkzQ5RpnyhZM=
diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
index 3cd51c4e8..5e0b697ef 100644
--- a/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo.toml
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ ignoreLogs = ['warning-frontmatter-params-overrides']
     disableWatch = true
     source       = "hugo_stats.json"
     target       = "assets/notwatching/hugo_stats.json"
-  [[module.imports]]
-    path = "github.com/bep/hugo-mod-minimalanalytics"
 
 [outputFormats]
   [outputFormats.redir]
@@ -122,11 +120,6 @@ ignoreLogs = ['warning-frontmatter-params-overrides']
 [params]
   description = "The world’s fastest framework for building websites"
   ghrepo      = "https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs/"
-
-  [params.minimalanalytics]
-      # GA4 tracking ID
-      tracking_id = "G-MBZGKNMDWC"
-
   [params.render_hooks.link]
     errorLevel = 'warning' # ignore (default), warning, or error (fails the build)
   [params.social.mastodon]
@@ -155,6 +148,10 @@ ignoreLogs = ['warning-frontmatter-params-overrides']
   [[server.headers]]
     for = "/**.{css,js}"
 
+[services]
+  [services.googleAnalytics]
+    ID = 'G-MBZGKNMDWC'
+
 [taxonomies]
   category = 'categories'
 
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/helpers/gtag.html b/layouts/_partials/helpers/gtag.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59bf36ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_partials/helpers/gtag.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{{ with site.Config.Services.GoogleAnalytics.ID }}
+  <script
+    async
+    src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id={{ . }}"></script>
+<script>
+  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
+  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
+  gtag('js', new Date());
+
+  {{ $site := site.BaseURL | replaceRE "^https?://(www\\.)?([^/]+).*" "$2" }}
+  gtag('config', '{{ . }}', {'anonymize_ip': true, 'dimension1': '{{ $site }}', 'dimension2': '{{ getenv "BRANCH" }}'});
+
+/**
+* Function that tracks a click on an outbound link in Analytics.
+* Setting the transport method to 'beacon' lets the hit be sent
+* using 'navigator.sendBeacon' in browser that support it.
+*/
+var trackOutboundLink = function(id, url) {
+  gtag('event', 'click', {
+    'event_category': 'outbound',
+    'event_label': id,
+    'transport_type': 'beacon'
+  });
+}
+
+</script>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head-js.html b/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head-js.html
index e24c10ce8..d83efcd0f 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head-js.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head-js.html
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-{{ if or hugo.IsProduction (not hugo.IsDevelopment) }}
-  {{ partial "minimalanalytics.html" . }}
-{{ end }}
 {{ $githubInfo := partialCached "helpers/funcs/get-github-info.html" . "-" }}
 {{ $opts := dict "minify" true }}
 {{ with resources.Get "js/head-early.js" | js.Build $opts }}
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head.html b/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head.html
index 7014e2c29..265d7ccd0 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/layouts/head/head.html
@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@
 {{ partial "schema.html" . }}
 {{ partial "twitter_cards.html" . }}
 
+{{ if hugo.IsProduction }}
+  {{ partial "helpers/gtag.html" . }}
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/layouts/home/sponsors.html b/layouts/_partials/layouts/home/sponsors.html
index 5832e9770..1f391e1ec 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/layouts/home/sponsors.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/layouts/home/sponsors.html
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
             {{ $url = printf "%s?%s%s" .link $query_params (querify "utm_source" (.utm_source | default $utmSource ) "utm_medium" (.utm_medium | default "banner") "utm_campaign" (.utm_campaign | default "hugosponsor") "utm_content" (.utm_content | default "gohugoio")) | safeURL }}
           {{ end }}
           {{ $logo := resources.Get .logo }}
+          {{ $gtagID := printf "Sponsor %s %s" .name $gtag | title }}
           <a
             href="{{ $url }}"
             title="{{ .title | default .name }}"
+            {{ if hugo.IsProduction }}
+              onclick="trackOutboundLink({{ printf "'%s', '%s'" $gtagID $url | safeJS }});"
+            {{ end }}
             class="group inline-block w-full h-full shadow-md dark:shadow-gray-600"
             {{ with .link_attr }}{{ . | safeHTMLAttr }}{{ end }}>
             <div