# How are views in a topic counted?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-views-in-a-topic-counted/241380
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 9, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-views-in-a-topic-counted/241380 "2022-10-09T04:34:26Z")
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### Author: ![Gordon\_Lu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gordon_lu/32/252894_2.png) [@Gordon\_Lu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gordon_Lu)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-views-in-a-topic-counted/241380/1 "2022-10-09T04:34:26Z")

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I am just curious, if my topic gets a number of views, does that mean that number of users read it, or does that mean the topic is read that number of times? What is the definition of a “view” in a topic?

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-views-in-a-topic-counted/241380/2 "2022-10-09T04:40:20Z")

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There’s some information in this topic that may be useful:

> [@Views counter specification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982/6):
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> 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

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-views-in-a-topic-counted/241380/3 "2022-11-08T04:40:24Z")

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