Can Pageviewes be less than Visits

[animesh5441]

Hi, I am trying to see Pageviewes and visits for a month say Jan 2016. I have applied a segment at hit level where I have excluded certain pages. The result I see is the total number of pageviews are less than total visits. Can some one explain the working behind this?

[Gigazelle · Accepted solution]

If custom links are in play, then page views can most definitely be less than visits. Visits that consist solely of s.tl() image requests count zero page views and one visit.