Number of thread views vs members who have read the thread

[ThomasL]

Hello guys,

I would like to ask you something. What is the difference between the number of thread views and number of members who have read a thread?

For example. a thread in my forum has about 2000 views and If I click on the thread, and I check the number of member who have read the thread, they are about 20.

What is the difference?

Thanks

[ozzy47]

Spiders/guests that have visited.

[kh99]

I'm sure what Ozzy said about guests is the real reason you have so many views, but I also thought I'd point out that every time a user views a thread it counts as another view, so even without guests you're almost certain to have more views than "members who have read this thread".

[ThomasL]

Thanks!

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad to help.