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  anneneary · Member · Dec 19, 2015 at 9:55 pm

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  Hi I posted on Dec 18 and people have told me they read my blog but the stats say zero
  Can you tell me why?
  Thanks
  Anne

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

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  timethief · Member · Dec 19, 2015 at 10:00 pm

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  Our stats are not real time stats and take time to update. There are frequent fluctuations that most do not notice because we aren’t watching the process. For details see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/ and here https://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#views-and-visitors and note the views and viewers take hours to update.

  Our stats are page view stats. But please do not assume that everyone who clicks a follow, like, share, reblog or comment link actually reads the post on your blog because odds are they may not.

  Follow, like, share, reblog or comment clicks are not page views. In fact, follows, likes, shares, comments and reblogs are completely misleading when you are talking about page view stats.

  Your followers and anyone with a WordPress.com/Gravatar account who is logged into WordPress.com can “follow” your blog, “like”, “share” and “reblog” your posts and “comment” in several locations such as the Reader and if they do not read the full post in the Reader without ever clicking into your blog there will be no single page view stat created. Subscribers control how frequently they receive your posts (instantly, daily, weekly) and can comment without clicking into the blog.

  Logged in visitors using a mobile can read the full post without creating a page view stat. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-reader-show-full-text?replies=31#post-1373606

  You can control the length of the entry sent out on your RSS feed here Dashboard > Settings > Reading. Choose the “summary” setting for your RSS feed rather than to “full text”. That will compel followers who are not using mobiles to click into the blog to read the full post which will create a page view stat.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 19, 2015 at 10:02 pm

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  Know the default timezone is UTC time. To confirm your timezone is correct you can reset your timezone here > Settings > General. Select the closest city to you in the same timezone in the drop-down menu you see there and then click “save changes”.

  http://eudaemoniamuse.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php

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  anneneary · Member · Dec 19, 2015 at 11:50 pm

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  Thanks for the tips, but it worked fine until today. It is only recording home page views even though friends tild me they read the blog.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 19, 2015 at 11:57 pm

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  Then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help and be patient while waiting as it is a weekend.

  How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  anneneary · Member · Dec 20, 2015 at 1:25 pm

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  Thanks for the help, much appreciated!
  Anne

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  supernovia · Staff · Dec 20, 2015 at 10:17 pm

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  Hi @anneneary, stats have some caching, but if you’ll give them time to catch up you should see the fact that your friend read the blog. :) It’s already looking like that from our end. Cheers!