# Understanding pageview tracking on hosted plans **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageview-tracking-on-hosted-plans/324074 **Category:** Hosted Customers **Tags:** explanation, dashboard-reports **Created:** [September 10, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageview-tracking-on-hosted-plans/324074 "2024-09-10T22:04:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse) #### Post date: [September 10, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageview-tracking-on-hosted-plans/324074/1 "2024-09-10T22:04:53Z")
> 🔖 This topic explains the difference between Discourse’s legacy pageview tracking method and the new pageview tracking that was introduced in September 2024. > > 🙋 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: > [@Understanding pageviews and the site traffic report](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageviews-and-the-site-traffic-report/324062): > > bookmark This is an explanation about how Discourse handles pageviews and how to interpret the “Site traffic” report. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator 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) This does not include: Traffic from crawle… > Last edited by @hugh 2025-06-26T07:02:17Z > > Last checked by @hugh 2025-06-26T07:02:23Z > > > **Check document** > > > > Perform check on document: --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-pageview-tracking-on-hosted-plans/324074)._