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

Moving On Just as the early days of websites and social media had vanity metrics of page views and likes, the early days of AI had token leaderboards. — Victor Riparbelli, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Statcounter analyzes billions of page views per month across 1 million+ websites that contain its tracking code. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Instead, the editorial has become a must-read, with tens of thousands of page views and widespread condemnation of the conference organizers’ actions. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

They fake page views, clicks, impressions, and user sessions, all of which inflate web analytics data, and when fake internet activity is mistaken for genuine engagement, companies lose billions. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 June 2026

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