# How are Pageviews Calculated?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416
**Category:** Hosted Customers
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416 "2024-05-01T23:42:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/1 "2024-05-01T23:42:29Z")
This topic has been replaced. Please read here instead:
> [@Understanding pageview tracking on hosted plans](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageview-tracking-on-hosted-plans/324074):
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> bookmark This topic explains the difference between Discourse’s legacy pageview tracking method and the new pageview tracking that was introduced in September 2024. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator In September 2024, Discourse introduced a better way of tracking and reporting pageviews, providing more detailed insights into site traffic. For more details about how pageviews are tracked and what changed after the update, read this topic:
> Last edited by @hugh 2024-10-01T04:14:17Z
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> Last checked by @hugh 2024-10-01T04:14:21Z
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> > **Check document**
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> > Perform check on document:
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/4 "2024-09-27T10:19:14Z")
> [@Discourse](#):
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> a web crawler
Should this be updated?
It is said that:
> [@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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> This does _not_ include:
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> - Traffic from crawlers and bots
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/6 "2024-09-27T12:47:49Z")
You could do but this topic is nothing to do with SEO. If you need help with that please search for SEO on [blog.discourse.org](http://blog.discourse.org)
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/7 "2024-09-27T21:04:14Z")
I think there is a new guide [Understanding pageview tracking on hosted plans](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageview-tracking-on-hosted-plans/324074). So this topic is probably no longer needed
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/8 "2024-10-01T04:13:48Z")
Yes - that topic supersedes this one, so I’m going to close this one off now.
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/9 "2024-10-01T04:15:14Z")
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### Author:  [@hugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hugh)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-pageviews-calculated/306416/10 "2024-10-01T04:15:17Z")