page view

noun

variants or less commonly pageview

ˈpāj-ˌvyü 

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

Examples of page view in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Far too many once-proud publications now measure success not in the quality and impact of their journalism but in the number of page views, but this isn’t really satirizing that. —Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025

However, page views for California homes are down. —Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2025

Sills also believes recent web data signals upside for Snowflake's product revenue, citing second-quarter SimilarWeb total page views rising 42% year over year. —Sean Conlon, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025

Campaigns run on one publisher typically deliver only basic metrics such as impressions, click-through rates, or page views. —Harshit Jain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1995, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for page view

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue