"do numbers" meaning in English

See do numbers in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: does numbers [present, singular, third-person], doing numbers [participle, present], did numbers [past], done numbers [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<does,,did,done>}} do numbers (third-person singular simple present does numbers, present participle doing numbers, simple past did numbers, past participle done numbers)
  1. (idiomatic) To be popular, as measured by engagement or sales metrics. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-do_numbers-en-verb-meSzrXzk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did numbers",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "done numbers",
      "tags": [
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              44
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          "ref": "2017 December 15, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “I Spent a Day Eating at the Most Instagrammable Restaurants of 2017”, in VICE:",
          "text": "By now, my Instagram posts are doing numbers, but inside, I feel dead. Full, but dead.",
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          "ref": "2018 June 29, Aubrey Graham, Maneesh Bidaye, Christopher Martin, “Sandra's Rose” (track 10), in Scorpion, performed by Drake, Cash Money Records; Republic Records; Young Money Entertainment:",
          "text": "I wasn't made for no casket or no prison cell / Every title doin' numbers like I'm Miss Adele",
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        "(idiomatic) To be popular, as measured by engagement or sales metrics."
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