# Views counter specification

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982 "2021-02-24T07:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982/16 "2021-07-21T18:35:46Z")

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> [@Dawn](#):
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> So if someone comes back to the topic multiple times in an 8-hour timeframe it only counts as one view?

Yes, that’s correct – by default only 1 view is counted on a topic (per IP address) every 8 hours

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