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I can confirm there are no issues with your account. I think this post I made awhile back is still fairly accurate about what goes into our sorting methods: https://itch.io/post/1276094

It’s a complicated system with a lot of inputs that is trying to maximize the needs of over 1 million projects. Our general recommendation is: build something interesting, put effort into the page, and promote it using both the channels we provide (eg. devlogs, building a community, encouraging ratings, building followers, etc.) and external channels (eg. social media, your own communities). It will help our system notice your page.

I think obsessing over itch.io referral view counts for certain days is a risky strategy, as there are many factors that are just outside your control (eg. everyone else on the platform building stuff competing for the same spots on our browse pages). That is why our advice for individual devs is to put in an genuine effort into building an audience. Think of the discovery we provide as a means to amplify your reach.

Here are relevant guide pages for future readers trying to learn more about indexing and eligibility: