Normally, we see reply, view, user, likes, and link count at the bottom of the original post, but occasionally this info won’t appear. While I assume that could mean no one has visited the topic, in this particular case, there are no replies, but I can see several links within the post have been cli…

Certainly! Normally, I see something like this at the bottom of every original post in a topic: [50%20AM] For the topic in question (and I’ve seen this on a few others), the info at the bottom of the original post doesn’t appear: [55%20AM]

Ah, AFAIK that only slides into view below the original post once there has been participation in a topic. Your screenshot where it’s missing has one hidden reply. Is it a flagged post? 1 reply: [image] 0 replies: [image]

Thanks! No, the hidden post (on both screenshots) is just where I made the topic listed. Does that mean users viewing the topic and clicking links doesn’t count as participation in the topic?

The element you’re talking about is the topic map. It’s not really a topic if nobody responds, is it? The name seems pretty appropriate, a map with only one point isn’t much use :slight_smile:

Got it. Thanks for your help! I understand your logic regarding what constitutes a topic, however, there’s still value in users visiting/reading content in a forum even if they don’t respond. For that reason, it’s helpful for us to see these metrics for every topic. Is replying to the topic the on…

No, there must be at least one reply to see the topic map.

Dear @codinghorror , @Stephen and the whole Discourse team, I see that Show topic-map without a reply is about the same feature request as outlined within this very topic. What we are asking for would be the inverse thing of Removing topic summary underneath first post . While a bit different, I see …

Why do topic level metrics not show for certain topics?

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Stephen (Stephen) November 21, 2018, 4:22pm 2

Could you illustrate this with a screenshot or two?

Topic		Replies	Views
How to show topic-map on non-commented posts? UX topic-map	30	2491	August 21, 2024
Show topic-map without a reply Support topic-map	9	1891	November 21, 2023
Can you view topic information without replies? Support topic-map	5	1130	November 21, 2023
How many views a topic (with no replies) has got? Support topic-map	2	581	November 21, 2023
How to show views, and other information in a topic? Support topic-map	2	566	August 24, 2023

Why do topic level metrics not show for certain topics?

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