diff --git a/app/black_box/google_analytics.rb b/app/black_box/google_analytics.rb
index 9078fe443..044d7aae2 100644
--- a/app/black_box/google_analytics.rb
+++ b/app/black_box/google_analytics.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ class GoogleAnalytics
   include Google::Apis::AnalyticsreportingV4
   include Google::Auth
 
-  def initialize(article_ids = [])
+  def initialize(article_ids = [], user_id = "base")
     @article_ids = article_ids
+    @user_id = user_id.to_s
     @client = AnalyticsReportingService.new
     @client.authorization = create_service_account_credential
   end
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class GoogleAnalytics
   end
 
   def fetch_analytics_for(*report_requests)
-    grr = GetReportsRequest.new(report_requests: report_requests)
+    grr = GetReportsRequest.new(report_requests: report_requests, quota_user: @user_id.to_s)
     response = @client.batch_get_reports(grr)
     response.reports.map do |report|
       report.data.totals[0].values[0]
diff --git a/app/controllers/analytics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/analytics_controller.rb
index 4356b6073..9e21cb749 100644
--- a/app/controllers/analytics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/analytics_controller.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class AnalyticsController < ApplicationController
   def get_articles_that_qualify(articles_to_check)
     qualified_articles = []
     articles_to_check.each do |article|
-      if article.positive_reactions_count > article.previous_positive_reactions_count
+      if should_fetch(article)
         qualified_articles << article
       end
     end
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ class AnalyticsController < ApplicationController
 
   def fetch_and_update_page_views_and_reaction_counts(qualified_articles)
     qualified_articles.each_slice(25).to_a.each do |chunk|
-      pageviews = GoogleAnalytics.new(chunk.pluck(:id)).get_pageviews
+      pageviews = GoogleAnalytics.new(chunk.pluck(:id), current_user.id).get_pageviews
       page_views_obj = pageviews.to_h
       chunk.each do |article|
         article.update_columns(page_views_count: page_views_obj[article.id].to_i,
-                                previous_positive_reactions_count: article.positive_reactions_count)
+                               previous_positive_reactions_count: article.positive_reactions_count)
       end
     end
   end
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ class AnalyticsController < ApplicationController
     render json: finalized_object.to_json
   end
 
+  def should_fetch(article)
+    new_reactions = (article.positive_reactions_count > article.previous_positive_reactions_count)
+    random = (rand(80) == 1)
+    new_reactions || random
+  end
+
   private
 
   def analytics_params