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timethief on "What does stat number tell in top navigation bar?"

timethief — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:11:51 +0000

@themishnish
Please see Staff's explanation of sparklines.

charliesweatpants on "What does stat number tell in top navigation bar?"

charliesweatpants — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:04:53 +0000

I could be wrong about this, but I believe the little number (with the arrow next to it) represents the one or two hour period with the most pageviews in the last two days. You'll notice as time goes by that the bars shift left as new stats are accumulated on the right. If a new hour has a higher pageview count than any already on the chart, the number will change. If no new hour has more pageviews than one already on the chart then the number will stay the same as that bar (the tallest on the chart) slowly moves left. Once it gets all the way off the chart, the number will change to reflect whatever the next highest hourly pageview count is.

themishnish on "What does stat number tell in top navigation bar?"

themishnish — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:56:48 +0000

I see a number on top navigation stat preview area when I take my cursor over there. The number doesn't change often. Does it show the number of visitors per last 2 hours or anything else? What does it denote?