# Community usage data doesn't seem trustworthy

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-usage-data-doesnt-seem-trustworthy/336812
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 18, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-usage-data-doesnt-seem-trustworthy/336812 "2024-11-18T21:33:42Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-usage-data-doesnt-seem-trustworthy/336812/2 "2024-11-18T21:47:16Z")

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> [@Renato\_Mendes](#):
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> but the consolidated pageview graph indicates an outstanding 281 logged in users just five days ago, on November 13th:

Those are pageviews by logged in users, not by **different** logged in users. So if you, for example, navigated the site a lot, this could be all caused by you. I had more than 500 pageviews per day, all by me when I explored the settings of Discourse.  
You can find more information at the #Documentation topic: [Understanding pageviews and the site traffic report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageviews-and-the-site-traffic-report/324062)

> [@Understanding pageviews and the site traffic report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageviews-and-the-site-traffic-report/324062/1):
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> ## What are pageviews in Discourse?
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> Pageviews in Discourse are counted as all requests for content by humans. This includes:
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> - 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)

Crawlers are programs that index content on the web, for example for search engines.

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