Clicks vs Views in stats reports?

[shooj]

Hi all,
Can someone help me understand the difference between “clicks” and “views” in the stats reports?

I have one thread with 52.9k all time views. It has 43,943 all time clicks. How are the two defined to explain the discrepancy?

[Falco]

When you hover on the “Clicks” report you are presented with the information:

Topics that have received the most clicks from external sources.

So it only covers views coming from external sources. “Views” will cover all views.

[shooj]

Thank you for the definition @Falco