Free hit counter
An image that shows how many times a page was opened. No account, no cookies, no script — paste it into HTML, Markdown, a GitHub README or a forum signature.
How the counter works
Every counter is a small SVG image with its own address. When a page that contains it is opened, the browser asks our server for the image, the number goes up by one and the new number is drawn into the image. The same visitor is counted at most once every 30 minutes, and known bots, crawlers and link-preview fetchers are not counted at all.
That makes it a good fit for places where you cannot run JavaScript: a GitHub profile or project README, Markdown documentation, a static page on a host that strips scripts, or a forum signature. It counts page loads only. If you want to know which pages people read, where they came from and which countries they are in, add your site to BYOViral; it is free and also cookieless.
Common questions
Do I need an account?
No. Pick a label and a style, press the button and copy the code. Keep the counter link somewhere safe: without an account there is no way to look it up again.
What exactly does it count?
Each time the image loads, the number goes up, at most once every 30 minutes for the same visitor and never for known bots and link-preview crawlers. It is a page-load counter, not full analytics.
Does it work in a GitHub README?
Yes. GitHub shows images through its own image proxy, which can cache for a short while, so the number may lag a few minutes behind. The counter sends no-cache headers to keep that delay small.
Does it set cookies?
No. It is a plain image. To dedupe repeat loads it keeps a short-lived hash of the IP address and browser for 30 minutes, then forgets it.
I want to know where visitors come from. Can it do that?
Not the image counter. For sources, pages, countries and devices, add your site to BYOViral analytics. It is free, also cookieless, and gives you a public counter badge too.
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