How does my gallery/image become popular?

In order for your gallery or image to appear in the popular pages, it must receive votes.
To show up in the 7 day view, your gallery or image must have received at least one vote in the past 7 days.
There are pages for Popular Galleries and pages for Popular Photos.
The popular pages are not a contest, but offer an easy way to find interesting or good photos.

Can I see how many votes I have?

Unfortunately, at this time you are not able to see exactly how many votes your galleries have received.
On the popular images pages, the numbers in parentheses represent the number of votes that particular image has received.