WhatsApp Status views stop showing when Read Receipts is turned off, because the same setting controls both blue ticks and Status tracking.
Here's the part WhatsApp doesn't spell out clearly anywhere in the app: read receipts are reciprocal .
This resolves the issue for almost everyone.
If a contact is excluded from seeing your Status, they obviously won't appear in your viewer list, because they were never shown it in the first place.
Sometimes the count is correct on WhatsApp's servers but your app just fails to refresh the display.
Read the complete breakdown, fixes and what happens next.