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 platform has reached more than 150,000 unique buyers across the continent, accumulated 10 million+ page views, and provided over $200,000 in cash advances to event organisers. Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 His website—relatively simple and, at first glance, at least somewhat official in appearance—attracts up to forty thousand page views a year. Maddy Crowell, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 The new ad is more staid and traditional than his frenetic street realism videos, some of which have attracted more than a million page views. Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025 Over time, the down throttle on page traffic could hurt unique page views, subscriber sign-ups, advertising revenues and publication relevancy. Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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