diff --git a/app/services/analytics_service.rb b/app/services/analytics_service.rb
index da70c268d..2860eef44 100644
--- a/app/services/analytics_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/analytics_service.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ class AnalyticsService
   # Returns the list of referrers
   def referrers(top: 20)
     # count_all is the name of the field autogenerated by Rails with COUNT(*)
-    counts = page_view_data.group(:domain).order(count_all: :desc).limit(top).count
+    counts = page_view_data
+      .group(:domain)
+      .order(Arel.sql("sum_counts_for_number_of_views DESC"))
+      .limit(top)
+      .sum("counts_for_number_of_views")
     # we transform this in a list of hashes in case we need to add more keys
     domains = counts.map { |domain, count| { domain: domain, count: count } }
 
diff --git a/spec/services/analytics_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/analytics_service_spec.rb
index aef1c3df1..cb59e5135 100644
--- a/spec/services/analytics_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/analytics_service_spec.rb
@@ -410,14 +410,14 @@ RSpec.describe AnalyticsService, type: :service do
         expect(analytics_service.referrers[:domains]).to be_empty
       end
 
-      it "returns the domains ordered by count" do
+      it "returns the domains ordered by number of views" do
         other_url = Faker::Internet.url
         create_list(:page_view, 2, user: user, article: article, referrer: other_url)
         top_url = Faker::Internet.url
-        create_list(:page_view, 3, user: user, article: article, referrer: top_url)
+        create_list(:page_view, 3, user: user, article: article, referrer: top_url, counts_for_number_of_views: 10)
 
         expected_result = [
-          { domain: Addressable::URI.parse(top_url).domain, count: 3 },
+          { domain: Addressable::URI.parse(top_url).domain, count: 30 },
           { domain: Addressable::URI.parse(other_url).domain, count: 2 },
         ]
         expect(analytics_service.referrers[:domains]).to eq(expected_result)