A well-placed source told The Post that “The View” moderator returned to work with a big grin on her face because the ratings fell in her absence — and rebounded at least some of the way when she returned.

“She’s strutting around the place,” the source said. “She’s peacocking.”

During the full week Goldberg was missing in action, “The View” lost 283,000 viewers, giving it a season-low in total viewers, among women aged 18-49 and among women aged 25-54.

In Goldberg’s first week back, “The View” added 113,000 viewers week-to-week — or 2.3 million viewers, which marked the biggest week-to-week gain for any daytime broadcast series. It wasn’t enough to get viewership back to pre-suspension levels, but it was still a big boost for network bigs to notice.