diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/anonymous.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/anonymous.js
index d90820c4..02c6807e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/anonymous.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/anonymous.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const dbConnSetup = require('../../middleware/db-conn-setup');
 const authorize = require('../../middleware/authorize');
 const initProfiler = require('./middlewares/init-profiler');
 const checkJsonContentType = require('./middlewares/check-json-content-type');
+const incrementMapViewCount = require('./middlewares/increment-map-view-count');
 const cacheControlHeader = require('../../middleware/cache-control-header');
 const cacheChannelHeader = require('../../middleware/cache-channel-header');
 const surrogateKeyHeader = require('../../middleware/surrogate-key-header');
@@ -215,23 +216,6 @@ function createLayergroup (mapBackend, userLimitsApi, pgConnection, affectedTabl
     };
 }
 
-function incrementMapViewCount (metadataBackend) {
-    return function incrementMapViewCountMiddleware(req, res, next) {
-        const { mapConfig, user } = res.locals;
-
-        // Error won't blow up, just be logged.
-        metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(user, mapConfig.obj().stat_tag, (err) => {
-            req.profiler.done('incMapviewCount');
-
-            if (err) {
-                global.logger.log(`ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}': ${err.message}`);
-            }
-
-            next();
-        });
-    };
-}
-
 function augmentLayergroupData () {
     return function augmentLayergroupDataMiddleware (req, res, next) {
         const layergroup = res.body;
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acf241fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module.exports = function incrementMapViewCount (metadataBackend) {
+    return function incrementMapViewCountMiddleware(req, res, next) {
+        const { mapConfig, user } = res.locals;
+
+        // Error won't blow up, just be logged.
+        metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(user, mapConfig.obj().stat_tag, (err) => {
+            req.profiler.done('incMapviewCount');
+
+            if (err) {
+                global.logger.log(`ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}': ${err.message}`);
+            }
+
+            next();
+        });
+    };
+};
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/named.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/named.js
index 73822421..f880587c 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/named.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map/named.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const dbConnSetup = require('../../middleware/db-conn-setup');
 const authorize = require('../../middleware/authorize');
 const initProfiler = require('./middlewares/init-profiler');
 const checkJsonContentType = require('./middlewares/check-json-content-type');
+const incrementMapViewCount = require('./middlewares/increment-map-view-count');
 const cacheControlHeader = require('../../middleware/cache-control-header');
 const cacheChannelHeader = require('../../middleware/cache-channel-header');
 const surrogateKeyHeader = require('../../middleware/surrogate-key-header');
@@ -221,23 +222,6 @@ function instantiateLayergroup (mapBackend, userLimitsApi, pgConnection, affecte
     };
 }
 
-function incrementMapViewCount (metadataBackend) {
-    return function incrementMapViewCountMiddleware(req, res, next) {
-        const { mapConfig, user } = res.locals;
-
-        // Error won't blow up, just be logged.
-        metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(user, mapConfig.obj().stat_tag, (err) => {
-            req.profiler.done('incMapviewCount');
-
-            if (err) {
-                global.logger.log(`ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}': ${err.message}`);
-            }
-
-            next();
-        });
-    };
-}
-
 function augmentLayergroupData () {
     return function augmentLayergroupDataMiddleware (req, res, next) {
         const layergroup = res.body;