Sudden jump in visitor numbers on my site without a source

[kasbah]

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Describe the bug

There's a sudden jump in visitor numbers on my site. The visitor numbers seem suspicious and there is no source reported.

https://plausible.io/kitspace.org?period=custom&from=2021-07-21&to=2021-07-28

Expected behavior

No jump in visitor numbers, or at least a reported source, even if it's "direct entry".

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[metmarkosaric]

seems like a normal traffic spike to me. there are clicks from hacker news, lobsters, reddit, twitter etc going to this post over the last 48 hours or so https://kitspace.org/boards/github.com/ottercast/ottercastaudiov2/

see this https://plausible.io/kitspace.org?period=custom&from=2021-07-27&to=2021-07-28&page=%2Fboards%2Fgithub.com%2Fottercast%2Fottercastaudiov2%2F

if you haven't shared this yourself in these sites/forums then someone else has shared it for you. for instance there's some likes and comments on Linux subreddit https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/osn1tr/ottercast_an_opensource_audio_streaming_device/

many of these sites are heavy on mobile traffic which explains the direct referral sources. for instance reddit mobile app wouldn't show the referral source but would show direct

[kasbah]

Ok, thanks, the amount of "direct" entries is really throwing me off here.

[metmarkosaric]

no problem! yeah, it's pretty typical for the spikes coming from emails/social media and other sources that are heavily used on mobile phones. this is why people increasingly use utm tags when sharing links