How are pageviews/Views calculated?

[Moin]

@Jumanji

Does this explanation still hold true?

Mostly. Page views are now counted separately for users who are logged in, visitors, crawlers, and traffic that could not be identified. You can read more about the current report of pageviews in the documentation Understanding pageviews and the site traffic report

@Jumanji

Is if the same for the views count on index pages and at the bottom of a topic page?

Views on topics are counted differently. This post explains it:

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. Yes. No No

@Jumanji

Should repeat views of the same page, whether by anon or logged in users, increment up the view count?

Yes, but only after topic view duration hours have passed.