diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.cpp
index ed48d15188..63903767ba 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.cpp
@@ -76,15 +76,19 @@ AnalyticsReportBuilder::AnalyticsReportBuilder()
   m_report.push_back(WIRE_FORMAT_VERSION);
 }
 
-void AnalyticsReportBuilder::AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, const std::string& v)
+void AnalyticsReportBuilder::AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, std::string_view v)
 {
   AppendType(report, TypeId::STRING);
   AppendBytes(report, reinterpret_cast<const u8*>(v.data()), static_cast<u32>(v.size()));
 }
 
+// We can't remove this overload despite the string_view overload due to the fact that
+// pointers can implicitly convert to bool, so if we removed the overload, then all
+// const char strings passed in would begin forwarding to the bool overload,
+// which is definitely not what we want to occur.
 void AnalyticsReportBuilder::AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, const char* v)
 {
-  AppendSerializedValue(report, std::string(v));
+  AppendSerializedValue(report, std::string_view(v));
 }
 
 void AnalyticsReportBuilder::AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, bool v)
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.h b/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.h
index dc1ab8c599..a14150e21c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/Analytics.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <thread>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   template <typename T>
-  AnalyticsReportBuilder& AddData(const std::string& key, const T& value)
+  AnalyticsReportBuilder& AddData(std::string_view key, const T& value)
   {
     std::lock_guard lk{m_lock};
     AppendSerializedValue(&m_report, key);
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   template <typename T>
-  AnalyticsReportBuilder& AddData(const std::string& key, const std::vector<T>& value)
+  AnalyticsReportBuilder& AddData(std::string_view key, const std::vector<T>& value)
   {
     std::lock_guard lk{m_lock};
     AppendSerializedValue(&m_report, key);
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public:
   }
 
 protected:
-  static void AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, const std::string& v);
+  static void AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, std::string_view v);
   static void AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, const char* v);
   static void AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, bool v);
   static void AppendSerializedValue(std::string* report, u64 v);