Next to the likes and comments of each footprint, you’ll see an eye icon with a number. This number shows how many people have viewed that footprint post.
Here’s how we count views:
- You and your fellow travelers are not counted.
- If no number is displayed, the count is zero.
- Returning FindPenguins members are counted again after 6 months (before March 2025, they were counted again after 2 weeks).
- Anonymous viewers (for example, when you share a private link) can’t always be identified reliably and might be counted multiple times.
- In the list of viewers, we only show those we’re allowed to show. Users can opt out of appearing in this list via their privacy settings.