Page Views vs. Top Views

[Moin]

Page views are not just viewing a topic

@Discourse

What are pageviews in Discourse?

Pageviews in Discourse are counted as all requests for content by humans. This includes:

• 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)

Topic views are counted differently. It’s

@awesomerobot

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.