diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f7faa83..8e24a9a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pydantic
 ========
 
-|BuildStatus| |Coverage| |pypi|
+|BuildStatus| |Coverage| |pypi| |gitter|
 
 Data validation and settings management using python 3.6 type hinting.
 
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ See `documentation`_ for more details.
    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/samuelcolvin/pydantic
 .. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pydantic.svg
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pydantic
+.. |gitter| image:: https://badges.gitter.im/pydantic.svg
+   :target: https://gitter.im/pydantic/Lobby
 .. _documentation: https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/
diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c61320..0000000
--- a/docs/_templates/layout.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{% extends '!layout.html' %}
-
-{% block footer %}
-  <script>
-    (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-    (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-    m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-    })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
-    ga('create', 'UA-62733018-4', 'auto');
-    ga('send', 'pageview');
-  </script>
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1dfccb5..3ce163f 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ html_theme_options = {
     'page_width': '1200px',
     'github_banner': True,
     'github_type': 'star',
+    'analytics_id': 'UA-62733018-4',
 }
 
 # Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index e8cda3e..431adf9 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pydantic
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
-|pypi| |license|
+|pypi| |license| |gitter|
 
 Current Version: |version|
 
@@ -428,3 +428,5 @@ for more details on the test case. Feel free to submit more benchmarks or improv
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pydantic
 .. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/pydantic.svg
    :target: https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic
+.. |gitter| image:: https://badges.gitter.im/pydantic.svg
+   :target: https://gitter.im/pydantic/Lobby