viewers and visitors

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  floridastuffed · Member · Nov 25, 2016 at 2:47 am

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  What is the difference between a visitor and a viewer in my blog stats?

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  theorangeblogger · Member · Nov 25, 2016 at 3:20 am

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  i think the right question should be what is the difference between a visitor and a view, not a viewer, because a viewer is as the same as a visitor.

  a singular visitor can make multiple view alone. if i do get through your blog and click on your primary post 10 times, you will get 10 view, made by one visitor.
  thence behind 24 view there might be 1 or 2 visitors, for example, depending by how many views has a visitor done so far.
  for example my friend saw my blog yesterday and clicked on 3 different posts. then i got 3 view done by 1 visitor.

  that is what you are looking for i think. because the difference amid visitor/viewer does not really make logical sense…i guess…at least ;)

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  timethief · Member · Nov 25, 2016 at 3:23 am

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  See here: Views and Visitors
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#views-and-visitors

  Our stats are page view stats. If I visit your blog and click into 10 posts that will be recorded as 1 visitor and 10 page views. 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, without ever clicking into your blog and creating a single page view stat. Subscribers control how frequently they receive your posts (instantly, daily, weekly) and can comment without clicking into the blog.

  Logged in wordpress.com members can read full posts in the wordpress.COM Reader now, so there is no incentive for them to click into your site.