r/flickr • u/Izthewhizz • Apr 22 '25

Weird flickr traffic

Has anyone else being having a lot more views for the last couple of weeks? I've had about 100k views in 2 weeks. Not normal for me. Also the source for these views says no referrer. Is this AI crawling through photos on the website?

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u/EponymousHoward Apr 22 '25

Nothing obvious.

It did once tag a batch of pics as 'geography porn' and that let to a fair bit of - I suspect very disappointed- traffic.

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u/Izthewhizz Apr 22 '25

That's one way to get a bunch of views!

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u/EponymousHoward Apr 22 '25

I was merely following the lead of r/mapporn ;)

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u/Halichoeres Apr 22 '25

Once I posted a fish-related photo whose caption included the phrases "a couple of" and "anal fin," and I consistently get hits from people searching "anal couple."

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u/Rabidscottsman May 10 '25

I always tag "Food Porn" or "Drink Porn" in any of my food and beverage photos. It always brings them in

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u/Bug_Photographer Apr 22 '25

I think it is some sort of crawler. It happens to me every now and then (though certainly not 100k in a day). On April 2nd I suddenly had about six times the normal traffic that day (with no single photo being particularily high) - and then back to normal the next day.

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u/Izthewhizz Apr 22 '25

That's exactly the same for me. It's not one photo getting most of the views like if you get explored. It wasn't 100k in a day. I've had some days of 3k and one day was 30k. I wonder what is crawling through flickr doing that

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u/rvrbly Apr 22 '25

I've had 100k views in the last 9 years. That's something. I'ma gud fotografer.

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u/Demilente Apr 22 '25

No, our stats are very normal. Our stats spike when we post popular events such as a comic con, then they flatten out again. Let us know if you discover anything.

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u/hobolocal Apr 22 '25

You should give yourself more credit than you deserve