page view

noun

variants or less commonly pageview
plural page views also pageviews
: an instance of a user viewing an individual page on a website
The challenge of wringing profits from page views has eluded much of the industry, and the paper proved unable to end its losing streak.Jaclyn Peiser
Think it's tough to get the average Web site off the ground? Try facing antitrust legislation and Senate hearings before registering a single page view.Evan Ratliff
compare impression sense 6

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The series, adapted from a shojo manga – a category of Japanese comics primarily targeting teenage girls and typically focusing on romance and emotional relationships – has amassed 1.2 million copies in circulation and 53 million page views on girls’ manga app Manga Mee as of December 2024. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025 Consumer access to enhanced search options is a given, but the greatest AI applications won’t have to do with generating eyeballs or page views to sell advertising. John Rau, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 The editors who compiled the list screened for spam, bots and other inaccuracies that could disrupt the tally of page views, according to the Wikimedia Foundation. John Towfighi, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024 There are no shortage of year-end lists that employ metrics — unique visitors, page views, minutes spent — to measure the most popular stories of the year. Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for page view 

Word History

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of page view was in 1995

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“Page view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/page%20view. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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