Pageview data (both in the dumps and pageviews API) is counted for the nominal page title as requested, i.e. it is agnostic as to what that title redirects to.

To obtain a complete dataset of pageviews across all redirects for a given page you would need to reconstruct its redirect graph over the time range you're interested in, which is a pretty laborious process.

If you're doing research on this topic, you may be interested in this recent work by Mako Hill and Aaron Shaw looking at redirects and how they affect the quality of data on Wikipedia articles.

Consider the Redirect: A Missing Dimension of Wikipedia Research

http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2641580.2641616

HTH,

Dario

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:25 AM, Aubrey Rembert <arembert@pandora.com> wrote:

hi,

our team is trying to determine how pageviews are attributed to pages that redirect to other pages.

for instance, the page Panic!_at_the_disco redirects to the page Panic!_at_the_Disco, however, in the pageview dumps file
there is an entry for both Panic!_at_the_disco and Panic!_at_the_Disco. does this mean that a single visit to the page Panic!_at_the_disco generates two entries
in the pageview dumps file (one entry for the source page of the redirect and another for the target page of the redirect)?

-best,
-ace

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