XF 2.3 How exactly is xf_thread.view_count calculated in XenForo 2.3?

[Stuart Wright]

How exactly are thread views calculated in XenForo 2.3?

I'm comparing XenForo thread view counts with GA4 page views and would like to understand precisely what XenForo counts as a thread view.
In particular:

• Is the view incremented server-side on every thread-page request?
• Are bots/crawlers excluded, and if so how?
• Are repeated views by the same logged-in user or IP address suppressed for any period?
• Does viewing different pages of a multi-page thread increment view_count each time?
• Are views incremented immediately or batched/cached before being written to xf_thread.view_count?
• Are there any other requests or mechanisms that can increment view_count without representing a conventional human page view?

I'm trying to understand why a thread's XenForo view_count can be materially higher than GA4 Views for the same period.
Thanks

 

[Kirby]

Is the view incremented server-side on every thread-page request?

Yes, if it doesn't look like a embedded (image) request.

Are bots/crawlers excluded, and if so how?

No.

Are repeated views by the same logged-in user or IP address suppressed for any period?

No.

Does viewing different pages of a multi-page thread increment view_count each time?

Yes.

Are views incremented immediately or batched/cached before being written to xf_thread.view_count?

Batched.

Are there any other requests or mechanisms that can increment view_count without representing a conventional human page view?

No.

I'm trying to understand why a thread's XenForo view_count can be materially higher than GA4 Views for the same period.

Bots.

 

[Stuart Wright]

Thanks for the reply. Suggestion incoming.