Excellent research and summary Sally! I think the more views the less read ratio too. I haven't done any investigating but according to my personal stats it seems true.

If the views are high, reads half or less, then less read ratio. What is the point of a view stat? To let you know you were able to get someone to look at your story and not read it? What do I know? I'll just keep writing. 😁 Thank you for the experiment.