My own statistics tell a similar story, even though I'm increasing my rate of followers at a far greater rate. I don't personally understand how I can gain over six times as many followers as last year, yet see views/reads stay determinedly the same, then drop as drastically as they have over the last couple of months. Things are a bit better this month, but I definitely smell a rat of some kind. Perhaps the removal of the entity bar has something to do with it, but I obviously can't be sure.