View Counting at Reddit

13 points by kchandra 8 years ago | 7 comments

minimaxir 8 years ago |

Worth noting that the view_count field will soon be available programmatically to all via the API: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6da6n9/view_co...

This will hopefully lead to some fun data analyses!

kchandra 8 years ago | |

Yup! Just bear in mind that since the feature is only open to mods and OPs, the API is similarly restricted.

Also I'm a big fan of your blog, really have enjoyed reading your analyses on reddit data over the years.

minimaxir 8 years ago | | |

Thanks for the complement! :)

Agree that the numbers aren't currently usable, but in terms of future visibility, another Reddit admin said the number would be "open to everyone"? https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6da6n9/view_co...

kchandra 8 years ago |

Hey folks, I'm the author of this blog post. I'll mainly be answering questions in /r/programming about this but I'll try to get back to HN later in the day.

8bitben 8 years ago | |

Are there any future plans to expand the analytic power of views beyond just a number - like breakdowns about referrers or locations of viewers? Seeing analytic functionality similar to Twitter would be really interesting for Reddit posts.

kchandra 8 years ago | | |

Not at the moment, but we might do that in future.