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Jun 20, 2019 10:51 PM
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I have never interacted with anyone on MAL (actually some random Gintama fan was pissed because I dropped it), I simply use it to keep track of which animes and mangas I've watched/read. Somehow I have a little over 500 profile views, so it made me wonder how so many have found it.

Any suggestions?
Jun 20, 2019 11:22 PM
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You have eight MAL friends, which should account for many of the views.

There are ways to find random users, such as the recently online users page.

Although I joined in 2014, I only became active in the community last year. Looks like I have about 28,000 profile views.

2021 edit: Now it's 68,000.

2024 edit: Now it's 105,000. lol
SmugSatokoNov 23, 2024 4:25 AM
Jun 21, 2019 12:10 AM
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People looking for the character page for Shimakaze and stumble on your profile by mistake.
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Jun 21, 2019 12:20 AM
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Hmmm sometimes I feel the number is high for me too but it's no surprise for how big the site is
Jun 21, 2019 2:55 AM
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SadMadoka said:
There are ways to find random users, such as the recently online users page.
This and the stats page displaying the "Recently Updated By" stats switched to "All Members" or just from the people on the friend list

Also, if there are any backlinks to the MAL profile, these may also attract visitors from other pages

And if someone opens the page from another IP this also counts as an unique visit. If someone logs in daily and has every time another dynamic IP address, then that already makes at least 365 unique visits a year.
NoboruJun 21, 2019 3:03 AM
Jun 21, 2019 2:57 AM
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In my experience 90% of profile views are web crawling bots.
Jun 21, 2019 4:52 AM
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How do you even check profile views?
Plus I bet 99.99% of my profile views are from me.
So lonely ;_;
Jun 21, 2019 5:40 AM
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NovaLord said:
How do you even check profile views?
Plus I bet 99.99% of my profile views are from me.
So lonely ;_;

I made one view, now you're happy? you check profile views on the MAL panel, it's nearly impossible not to see. We have a 43,7% anime affinity and 65.4% on manga, that's something.
Jun 21, 2019 5:44 AM
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EratiK said:
In my experience 90% of profile views are web crawling bots.


im not surprise of that at all seeing that i remember a thread here discussing how many ad trackers that MAL ads have
Jun 21, 2019 9:16 AM

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I have like 70K profile views and I'm not even that active on the site.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Jun 21, 2019 9:29 AM

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LoneWolf said:
I have like 70K profile views and I'm not even that active on the site.


I currently have 85,260 profile views.

How do I have more views, if you've been here longer than me?

Jun 21, 2019 9:34 AM

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Seiya said:
LoneWolf said:
I have like 70K profile views and I'm not even that active on the site.


I currently have 85,260 profile views.

How do I have more views, if you've been here longer than me?


I would chalk it up to activity you have almost 7K more posts than me and have been here 5 years less, so it goes to show that more activity = more views. 70K seems like a fairly average amount considering how long I've been here.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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Jun 21, 2019 10:00 AM
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I have almost 61,4K profile views and I wonder the same thing. Oh wait, I have over 2,5K forum posts, and over 18K profile comments, and am pretty active on clubs, and forums aswell, and talk with a lot of different people pretty often, maybe that's why. And if you're wondering, yes, I was just simply flexing my numbers here hahahaha.
Jun 21, 2019 11:27 AM

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Probably it's just ad bots, kiddo. You should be proud those corporations wanna sell you stuff, it's the biggest honor these days, really.
Jun 21, 2019 6:26 PM
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Thanks for the replies everyone! I suppose it's a combination of bots and my profile name, because my MAL friends are inactive.
Jun 21, 2019 8:05 PM

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I have 116k, I always thought it was bots, because it just seem ridiculous to me that so many person would visit by profile.
Jun 21, 2019 8:18 PM

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For that matter, why do I keep getting friend requests since I don't watch anime anymore?

Jun 22, 2019 9:09 AM

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users, bots, spies. the soup of profile views has many ingredients
Jun 22, 2019 9:11 AM

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you clicked on your own profile 500 times
Jun 22, 2019 9:30 AM

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RedPlaty said:
users, bots, spies. the soup of profile views has many ingredients
I don't know; I just looked it up and I have 2 600 and am a considerably newer user than OP but tend to make really outrageous forum posts.

It stands to reason that if one make such outrageous forum posts that outraged users go check on one's profile.


It is obvious that "obscenity" is not a term capable of exact legal definition; in the practice of the courts, it means "anything that shocks the magistrate".

— Bertrand Russell
Jun 23, 2019 10:03 PM

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I have 1510 profile views and never really post, basically just update my list every now and then.
Jun 24, 2019 2:27 AM

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Even if you don't post in forums, don't make reviews, recs etc, nor have friends-activity, people can still find you from the "Recently Updated By - All Members" section in the stats page of all the anime you add in your list.
Jan 10, 2021 8:47 PM

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I have 62 profile views *slow blink*
Jan 10, 2021 10:49 PM

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I wonder how many views you have now.

Probably the majority are from your friends.
Jan 10, 2021 10:53 PM

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I am completely loss on how to check how many views my profile has, can someone help a blind dork?
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Jan 11, 2021 12:27 AM
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ulriee said:
I wonder how many views you have now.

Probably the majority are from your friends.


I have a little over 1200 now.

SeiyaSoiya said:
I am completely loss on how to check how many views my profile has, can someone help a blind dork?


If you're on the desktop version, just go to front page, and then you will be able to see it top right on your screen under the box "My statistics".
Picture: https://imgur.com/a/v7qX4oT
Jan 11, 2021 2:27 AM

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Shimakaze-tan said:
ulriee said:
I wonder how many views you have now.

Probably the majority are from your friends.


I have a little over 1200 now.

SeiyaSoiya said:
I am completely loss on how to check how many views my profile has, can someone help a blind dork?


If you're on the desktop version, just go to front page, and then you will be able to see it top right on your screen under the box "My statistics".
Picture: https://imgur.com/a/v7qX4oT


Ah its on the front page, i was looking for it on the Profile page lol..

Thank you for your help.
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Jan 11, 2021 2:38 AM

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web crawling bots like someone said above amount for a lot.
that stat doesn't really amount for anything imo.
Feb 28, 2021 5:58 PM
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Seiya said:
LoneWolf said:
I have like 70K profile views and I'm not even that active on the site.


I currently have 85,260 profile views.

How do I have more views, if you've been here longer than me?


I have 34,188 profile views and 1,505 forum posts. I must be really inactive over the years. I been on the site since 2009. Both of you have more profile views than me.
Feb 28, 2021 6:12 PM

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How do you check your profile views?
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Feb 28, 2021 6:14 PM

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The number of profile views is precisely the number of people who love you but are just too shy to say it directly.
“Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.”
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Feb 28, 2021 9:22 PM

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I find it really funny how my manga list has all these views yet there's not a single thing on it.
Mar 3, 2021 9:11 AM

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Mummykun said:
The number of profile views is precisely the number of people who love you but are just too shy to say it directly.


if you're right, coming to MAL will be more comforting each time :)
Mar 3, 2021 9:25 AM
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Just your Opening post would prompt a number of people coming into this thread to check out your profile.
Mar 3, 2021 9:27 AM
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Lolicons. Don't worry. It's all lolicons xD



Mar 4, 2021 4:07 AM

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Most of the views are bots. It is also easy to stumble upon profiles on this site, even if your account isnt active
Mar 4, 2021 6:15 AM

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my guess is that mal count your visits to your profile, it doesn't Differentiates between you and other users like YouTube does
Mar 4, 2021 11:49 AM
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Alot of lurkers, everyone does it. Even when I wasn't active on here I had a couple hundred with a few friends
Aug 20, 2021 10:41 AM
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Seiya said:
LoneWolf said:
I have like 70K profile views and I'm not even that active on the site.


I currently have 85,260 profile views.

How do I have more views, if you've been here longer than me?
DONDAKE!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!!!!!!!!!
Aug 20, 2021 10:42 AM
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Alot of lurkers, everyone does it. Even when I wasn't active on here I had a couple hundred with a few friends
ahh friends... what was that again?
May 6, 2024 1:25 PM

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bots bumping a 3 yr old thread is wild

OT: yo OP save some viewers for the rest of us damn




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May 6, 2024 2:53 PM
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I wonder how many profile views they have now.
May 6, 2024 3:21 PM

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How many do you have now lmao, must have doubled.

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Nov 23, 2024 2:44 AM

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How many do you have now lmao, must have doubled.
@Astrollyth seven years have already passed. It could be 20 times more.
Nov 24, 2024 5:27 AM
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99% of times are Indexers. But sometimes Web Scrapers, Harvesters, Preservation bots, Data Miners, Crawlers, Spiderlings, Fetchers, Exploit Bots.
Nov 24, 2024 10:40 AM
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"Why do I have 500 profile views?"

I have no idea.

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