Inconsistent traffic stats

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  meirbrooks · Member · Feb 28, 2026 at 7:57 pm

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  I have a free site (https://meirbrooks.wordpress.com/), and I’ve noticed a traffic discrepancy between the overall stats for the day and per hour and the stats I see for specific posts.

  On February 26th, I have 52 views with 48 referrals, but my actual post total is just 21.

  

  Moreover, the jump is all accounted for by an anomalous jump at a specific time:

  

  The same happened yesterday:

  

  

  I assume these are bots or something, is there any way to correct this?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  meirbrooks · Member · Mar 28, 2026 at 9:48 pm

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  Thanks!