diff --git a/packages/api/src/features/resume/service.ts b/packages/api/src/features/resume/service.ts
index 4e00f749d..909b13259 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/features/resume/service.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/features/resume/service.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { getStorageService } from "../storage/service";
 import { grantResumeAccess, hasResumeAccess } from "./access";
 import { assertCanView, isOwner, redactResumeForViewer, shouldCountForStatistics } from "./access-policy";
 import { publishResumeUpdated } from "./events";
+import { clientKeyFromHeaders, shouldCountView } from "./view-dedup";
 
 type DbOrTx = typeof db | Parameters<Parameters<typeof db.transaction>[0]>[0];
 
@@ -503,7 +504,10 @@ export const resumeService = {
 		}
 
 		if (shouldCountForStatistics(resume, viewer)) {
-			await resumeService.statistics.increment({ id: resume.id, views: true });
+			const key = `${resume.id}:${clientKeyFromHeaders(input.requestHeaders)}`;
+			if (shouldCountView(key, Date.now())) {
+				await resumeService.statistics.increment({ id: resume.id, views: true });
+			}
 		}
 
 		return toSharedResumeResponse(redactResumeForViewer(resume, isOwner(resume, viewer)), resume.hasPassword);
diff --git a/packages/api/src/features/resume/view-dedup.test.ts b/packages/api/src/features/resume/view-dedup.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a823689c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/features/resume/view-dedup.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { clientKeyFromHeaders, shouldCountView } from "./view-dedup";
+
+// `seen` is module-level state shared across tests, so each test uses a unique key.
+const WINDOW_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+describe("shouldCountView", () => {
+	it("counts the first view, skips repeats within the window, counts again after it", () => {
+		const key = "resume-1:viewer-a";
+		const t0 = 1_000_000;
+
+		expect(shouldCountView(key, t0)).toBe(true);
+		expect(shouldCountView(key, t0 + 1)).toBe(false);
+		expect(shouldCountView(key, t0 + WINDOW_MS - 1)).toBe(false);
+		// Once now is past the window, the same key counts again.
+		expect(shouldCountView(key, t0 + WINDOW_MS + 1)).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("treats different keys independently", () => {
+		const t0 = 2_000_000;
+
+		expect(shouldCountView("resume-2:viewer-a", t0)).toBe(true);
+		expect(shouldCountView("resume-2:viewer-b", t0)).toBe(true);
+		expect(shouldCountView("resume-2:viewer-a", t0 + 1)).toBe(false);
+	});
+});
+
+describe("clientKeyFromHeaders", () => {
+	it("derives distinct keys from distinct trusted-IP headers", () => {
+		const a = clientKeyFromHeaders(new Headers({ "X-Forwarded-For": "1.1.1.1" }));
+		const b = clientKeyFromHeaders(new Headers({ "X-Forwarded-For": "2.2.2.2" }));
+
+		expect(a).toBe("ip:1.1.1.1");
+		expect(a).not.toBe(b);
+	});
+
+	it("uses the first IP from a comma-delimited proxy chain", () => {
+		const key = clientKeyFromHeaders(new Headers({ "X-Forwarded-For": "3.3.3.3, 10.0.0.1" }));
+		expect(key).toBe("ip:3.3.3.3");
+	});
+
+	it("falls back to a stable user-agent fingerprint when no trusted IP header is present", () => {
+		const headers = new Headers({ "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0", "accept-language": "en-US,en" });
+
+		const first = clientKeyFromHeaders(headers);
+		const second = clientKeyFromHeaders(headers);
+
+		expect(first).toBe(second);
+		expect(first.startsWith("fp:")).toBe(true);
+		// A different UA yields a different fallback key.
+		expect(clientKeyFromHeaders(new Headers({ "user-agent": "curl/8" }))).not.toBe(first);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/api/src/features/resume/view-dedup.ts b/packages/api/src/features/resume/view-dedup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a699931a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/features/resume/view-dedup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { TRUSTED_IP_HEADERS } from "@reactive-resume/utils/rate-limit";
+
+// ponytail: in-memory per-process dedup window. Single-instance is the default deploy; for
+// multi-instance, swap the Map for a Redis SETNX+EXPIRE keyed the same way (REDIS_URL already
+// exists in env). Upgrade only if you scale out — each instance dedups independently otherwise.
+const WINDOW_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000; // 1 hour
+const MAX_ENTRIES = 50_000; // bound the Map; prune expired entries before growing past this.
+
+const seen = new Map<string, number>(); // key -> expiry timestamp
+
+/**
+ * Returns `true` at most once per `key` per window. `now` is a parameter (not `Date.now()`)
+ * so callers stay testable with a driven clock.
+ */
+export function shouldCountView(key: string, now: number): boolean {
+	const expiry = seen.get(key);
+	if (expiry !== undefined && expiry > now) return false;
+
+	if (seen.size >= MAX_ENTRIES) {
+		for (const [k, exp] of seen) {
+			if (exp <= now) seen.delete(k);
+		}
+	}
+
+	seen.set(key, now + WINDOW_MS);
+	return true;
+}
+
+// Mirrors the rate-limit middleware's client-key derivation so dedup and rate limiting agree on
+// "who is this viewer": trusted proxy IP first, then a user-agent + language fingerprint fallback.
+export function clientKeyFromHeaders(headers: Headers): string {
+	for (const headerName of TRUSTED_IP_HEADERS) {
+		const raw = headers.get(headerName)?.trim();
+		if (!raw) continue;
+
+		// Some proxies provide a comma-delimited chain; the first item is the original client.
+		const ip = raw.split(",")[0]?.trim();
+		if (ip) return `ip:${ip}`;
+	}
+
+	const userAgent = headers.get("user-agent")?.trim() ?? "unknown";
+	const language = headers.get("accept-language")?.split(",")[0]?.trim() ?? "none";
+
+	return `fp:${userAgent.slice(0, 64)}:${language.slice(0, 16)}`;
+}