different stat counts at the same time

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  peterbowes · Member · Jan 11, 2011 at 3:18 am

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  I look at my dsahboard and see that one post has had 1 view today – then I flip straight over to the stats page (today) and see that same post has had 11.

  Is there a timing difference? – I’m assuming that both stat reads are for the same day, is there a lag on the dashboard ?

  many thanks

  pete

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 am

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  Yes, there is definitely a lag. You do not get accurate stats on the first page of the dashboard. The graph is accurate, but the hits today below are not accurate.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 11, 2011 at 5:32 am

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  Re: the numbers not adding up. Does this help?

  Andy, KeyMaster:
  This complaint stems from grossly underestimating the power and variety of WordPress URLs. There are many ways to read and browse a blog that do not involve looking at single posts or the home page. There are searches, category views, tag views, author views, and many others. None of these count as post views because they typically show more than one post. Thus it is common for the sum of the day’s post views to be less than the total views for the day. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-stat-section-home-page/page/2?replies=50#post-418670

  See also: http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

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  peterbowes · Member · Jan 11, 2011 at 5:36 am

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  cheers folks –

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  timethief · Member · Jan 11, 2011 at 5:38 am

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  Cheers :)