My profile showing me, ~48k people reached and 341 profile views.
What's the difference between both?
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Sign up to join this communityProfile views is the number of people that went to your specific profile page.
People Reached is the approximate number of people that your posts have been seen by. (Although that's a very loose interpretation. There is more info on that here: "We're working on a new stat to help convey the reach of your posts here").