Twitter is now showing everyone how many views your tweets get

Making it easier to quantify how much of a banger your tweet was. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Twitter announced that view counts for tweets are now visible on iOS and Android and that they'll be coming soon to the web (I've already started to see them there). The feature lets you see how many times someone has looked at your tweet, or anyone else's, though there are a few exceptions that we'll cover in just a moment.

When you're in the app, you now see view counters alongside the number of comments, retweets, and likes. According to a Twitter FAQ, not every tweet will have a visible view count. Community tweets, Twitter Circle tweets, and older" tweets won't have the data available.

As for what counts as a view, it seems like basically any time your tweet shows up on someone's screen (even if it's your own). Twitter says:

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