We are a small community. When I look at the number of page views for say a month of logged in users, it says that there were about 1300. But when I click on “Top” on our main page, there are only a couple of topics and they say that they have 170 views total. So I am confused, since these are logged in users, it shouldn’t be crawlers or anonymous users, but why is there such a difference between the two numbers?

[image] Aaron: But when I click on “Top” on our main page, there are only a couple of topics and they say that they have 170 views total. Are you saying that there are only 2 topics in your community?

Page views are not just viewing a topic [image]Understanding pageviews and the site traffic report What are pageviews in Discourse? Pageviews in Discourse are counted as all requests for content by humans. This includes: Requests for lists of categories, topics, or posts The first load of a page Transitions between routes (e.g., moving from topics to the latest list) Topic views are counted differently. It’s [image]Views counter specification A visit to a topic. Duplicate visits from the same user are counted after a 8 hour interval. A user is either a logged in user or an IP address for anonymous visitors. The 8 hour interval can be changed with the site setting topic view duration hours.

Page Views vs. Top Views

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HAWK (Hawk) December 5, 2024, 10:21pm 2

Are you saying that there are only 2 topics in your community?

Topic		Replies	Views
How are pageviews/Views calculated? Product Support	2	272	May 9, 2025
How are views in a topic counted? Product Support	1	690	October 9, 2022
Total Views Error Product Support	1	637	May 30, 2019
Community usage data doesn't seem trustworthy Product Support	1	132	November 18, 2024
Understanding pageviews and the site traffic report Site Management explanation , dashboard-reports	1	1716	May 5, 2026

Page Views vs. Top Views

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