I am using using 2.8.4 Pro. It has two ways to view incoming hits, the library tab shows hits per track since Limewire was loaded. Right now typically 100 -> 400 per track except for any song containing the word "christmas" these have typically 2000->4000 hits.

Another way to view hits is the live charts seen by clicking:
Tools Statistics Advanced Gnutella Reveived Number QueryHits Hops or TTL

Whilst "Queries" shows a busy chart, "QueryHits" shows a blank, no hits in the last 200 seconds. When I look at the incoming searches go by in the monitor tab I constantly see requests for tracks that I have shared, requests that should result in a hit.

What is going on?

I am behind my own firewall in my router which is under my control. 16 files have been uploaded since I last started Limewire.