Following a recent server move (roughly two weeks ago), one of my Mint installations is reporting what appears to be a grossly inflated unique visitor count… but only for a few hours at a time.
Specifically, last night during the 9 and 10 PM hours, the hourly unique visitor count jumped from the normal 1-4 range to 81 and 116 respectively. The 6 PM hour showed a smaller, yet still strange, uptick.
This happened once before in the day or two shortly after the server move, an occurrence I wrote off to some transition-related anomaly. I can think of no reason whatsoever why these counts would be legit.
Any clues as to what may be going on here? Screenshot available here for more details, and I’ll be happy to provide any other pertinent info.