diff --git a/public/less/admin/general/dashboard.less b/public/less/admin/general/dashboard.less
index d47c14afe6..1cb207317d 100644
--- a/public/less/admin/general/dashboard.less
+++ b/public/less/admin/general/dashboard.less
@@ -5,26 +5,35 @@
 		max-width: 100% !important;
 	}
 
+	#analytics-panel .panel-heading i {
+		&.fa-expand {
+			display: none;
+		}
+
+		&.fa-terminal::after {
+			content: 'JSON';
+			font-family: @font-family-sans-serif;
+			font-weight: 600;
+			color: @gray-dark;
+			padding-left: .5em;
+		}
+
+		padding: .75em;
+		background-color: @gray-lighter;
+		color: @gray-base;
+		cursor: pointer;
+		.transition(all .4s);
+
+		&.active {
+			display: inline;
+		}
+	}
+
 	.graph-container {
 		padding-right: 50px;
 		position: relative;
 		background: @body-bg;
 
-		.fa-expand {
-			display: none;
-			position: absolute;
-			right: 20px;
-			padding: 5px;
-			background-color: @gray-lighter;
-			color: @gray-base;
-			cursor: pointer;
-			.transition(all .4s);
-
-			&.active {
-				display: inline;
-			}
-		}
-
 		&:hover {
 			.fa-expand {
 				color: @gray-lighter;
diff --git a/public/src/admin/general/dashboard.js b/public/src/admin/general/dashboard.js
index 8009d7c7f1..a838397f11 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/general/dashboard.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/general/dashboard.js
@@ -461,6 +461,15 @@ define('admin/general/dashboard', ['semver', 'Chart', 'translator', 'benchpress'
 			currentGraph.units = units;
 			currentGraph.until = until;
 			currentGraph.amount = amount;
+
+			// Update the View as JSON button url
+			var apiEl = $('#view-as-json');
+			var newHref = $.param({
+				units: units,
+				until: until,
+				count: amount,
+			});
+			apiEl.attr('href', config.relative_path + '/api/admin/analytics?' + newHref);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -556,7 +565,7 @@ define('admin/general/dashboard', ['semver', 'Chart', 'translator', 'benchpress'
 	}
 
 	function setupFullscreen() {
-		var container = document.getElementById('analytics-traffic-container');
+		var container = document.getElementById('analytics-panel');
 		var $container = $(container);
 		var btn = $container.find('.fa-expand');
 		var fsMethod;
diff --git a/src/analytics.js b/src/analytics.js
index e6da10b44c..71f7110430 100644
--- a/src/analytics.js
+++ b/src/analytics.js
@@ -259,3 +259,5 @@ Analytics.getBlacklistAnalytics = function (callback) {
 		hourly: async.apply(Analytics.getHourlyStatsForSet, 'analytics:blacklist', Date.now(), 24),
 	}, callback);
 };
+
+Analytics.async = require('./promisify')(Analytics);
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js b/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
index 58aa633e69..9582d981cf 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ var async = require('async');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 var semver = require('semver');
 var winston = require('winston');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
 var versions = require('../../admin/versions');
 var db = require('../../database');
 var meta = require('../../meta');
+const analytics = require('../../analytics').async;
 var plugins = require('../../plugins');
 var user = require('../../user');
 var utils = require('../../utils');
@@ -76,6 +78,40 @@ dashboardController.get = function (req, res, next) {
 	], next);
 };
 
+dashboardController.getAnalytics = async (req, res, next) => {
+	// Basic validation
+	const validUnits = ['days', 'hours'];
+	const validSets = ['uniquevisitors', 'pageviews', 'pageviews:registered', 'pageviews:bot', 'pageviews:guest'];
+	const until = req.query.until ? new Date(parseInt(req.query.until, 10)) : Date.now();
+	const count = req.query.count || (req.query.units === 'hours' ? 24 : 30);
+	if (isNaN(until) || !validUnits.includes(req.query.units)) {
+		return next(new Error('[[error:invalid-data]]'));
+	}
+
+	// Filter out invalid sets, if no sets, assume all sets
+	let sets;
+	if (req.query.sets) {
+		sets = Array.isArray(req.query.sets) ? req.query.sets : [req.query.sets];
+		sets = sets.filter(set => validSets.includes(set));
+	} else {
+		sets = validSets;
+	}
+
+	const method = req.query.units === 'days' ? analytics.getDailyStatsForSet : analytics.getHourlyStatsForSet;
+	let payload = await Promise.all(sets.map(async set => method('analytics:' + set, until, count)));
+	payload = _.zipObject(sets, payload);
+
+	res.json({
+		query: {
+			set: req.query.set,
+			units: req.query.units,
+			until: until,
+			count: count,
+		},
+		result: payload,
+	});
+};
+
 function getStats(callback) {
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
diff --git a/src/routes/admin.js b/src/routes/admin.js
index f0ec9038e3..f6a92eac61 100644
--- a/src/routes/admin.js
+++ b/src/routes/admin.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var express = require('express');
 
 function apiRoutes(router, middleware, controllers) {
 	router.get('/users/csv', middleware.authenticate, controllers.admin.users.getCSV);
+	router.get('/analytics', middleware.authenticate, controllers.admin.dashboard.getAnalytics);
 
 	var multipart = require('connect-multiparty');
 	var multipartMiddleware = multipart();
diff --git a/src/views/admin/general/dashboard.tpl b/src/views/admin/general/dashboard.tpl
index 546462b82f..fac43fe73e 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/general/dashboard.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/general/dashboard.tpl
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 <div class="row dashboard">
 	<div class="col-lg-9">
-		<div class="panel panel-default">
-			<div class="panel-heading">[[admin/general/dashboard:forum-traffic]]</div>
+		<div class="panel panel-default" id="analytics-panel">
+			<div class="panel-heading">
+				[[admin/general/dashboard:forum-traffic]]
+				<div class="pull-right">
+					<a id="view-as-json" href="{config.relative_path}/api/admin/analytics&type=hourly"><i class="fa fa-terminal"></i></a>
+					<i class="fa fa-expand"></i>
+				</div>
+			</div>
 			<div class="panel-body">
 				<div class="graph-container" id="analytics-traffic-container">
-					<i class="fa fa-expand"></i>
 					<canvas id="analytics-traffic" width="100%" height="400"></canvas>
 				</div>
 				<hr/>