What is the difference between a view and a visitor?

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  ahartman32 · Member · Jun 9, 2019 at 12:16 am

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  What is the difference between a view and a visitor?

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  philnick206 · Staff · Jun 9, 2019 at 5:47 am

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  Hi @ahartman32,

  The two main units of traffic measurement are views and unique visitors.

  • A view is counted when a visitor loads or reloads a page.
  • A visitor is counted when we see a user or browser for the first time in a given period (day, week, month).

  The quote above was taken from the Stats article here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/#views-and-visitors

  Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any additional questions, we’re here to assist.

  Thanks,
  -N