# Why is there a 10X Difference in Page Views - Discourse vs. Google Analytics?

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** analytics\
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-10x-difference-in-page-views-discourse-vs-google-analytics/243452 "2022-10-31T20:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-10x-difference-in-page-views-discourse-vs-google-analytics/243452/6 "2024-01-03T21:50:59Z")

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This is normal, we count page views on the server. GA counts it as a reaction to the JavaScript running on the client. There are many types of pageviews that GA can not count.

- Web crawlers not running JavaScript
- Web browsers that block JavaScript
- Web browsers that block tracking

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