diff --git a/components/com_contact/src/View/Contact/HtmlView.php b/components/com_contact/src/View/Contact/HtmlView.php
index 2c2d192b76d32..bf5850a9eed4c 100644
--- a/components/com_contact/src/View/Contact/HtmlView.php
+++ b/components/com_contact/src/View/Contact/HtmlView.php
@@ -371,8 +371,10 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
         $this->contacts    = &$contacts;
         $this->contactUser = $contactUser;
 
-        $model = $this->getModel();
-        $model->hit();
+        if (\in_array($app->getInput()->getMethod(), ['GET', 'POST'])) {
+            $model = $this->getModel();
+            $model->hit();
+        }
 
         $captchaSet = $item->params->get('captcha', $app->get('captcha', '0'));
 
diff --git a/components/com_content/src/Controller/DisplayController.php b/components/com_content/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
index 97d73f6e6fd2a..8f9bb4c3bd190 100644
--- a/components/com_content/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
+++ b/components/com_content/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public function display($cachable = false, $urlparams = false)
             throw new \Exception(Text::sprintf('JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_UNHELD_ID', $id), 403);
         }
 
-        if ($vName === 'article') {
+        if ($vName === 'article' && \in_array($this->input->getMethod(), ['GET', 'POST'])) {
             // Get/Create the model
             if ($model = $this->getModel($vName)) {
                 if (ComponentHelper::getParams('com_content')->get('record_hits', 1) == 1) {
diff --git a/components/com_newsfeeds/src/View/Newsfeed/HtmlView.php b/components/com_newsfeeds/src/View/Newsfeed/HtmlView.php
index 9da806fa31207..cbaa8bd65021d 100644
--- a/components/com_newsfeeds/src/View/Newsfeed/HtmlView.php
+++ b/components/com_newsfeeds/src/View/Newsfeed/HtmlView.php
@@ -212,8 +212,10 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
         $item->tags->getItemTags('com_newsfeeds.newsfeed', $item->id);
 
         // Increment the hit counter of the newsfeed.
-        $model = $this->getModel();
-        $model->hit();
+        if (\in_array($app->getInput()->getMethod(), ['GET', 'POST'])) {
+            $model = $this->getModel();
+            $model->hit();
+        }
 
         $this->_prepareDocument();
 
diff --git a/components/com_tags/src/Controller/DisplayController.php b/components/com_tags/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
index 7af87d11cdad9..b0979e2043f19 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/src/Controller/DisplayController.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public function display($cachable = false, $urlparams = false)
 
         if (
             $vName === 'tag'
+            && \in_array($this->input->getMethod(), ['GET', 'POST'])
             && ComponentHelper::getParams('com_tags')->get('record_hits', 1) == 1
             && $model = $this->getModel($vName)
         ) {