I’d be interested to know how many people watch or track a specific topic, but I can’t seem to find that information in the UI. Is there a way to get this data, maybe through a JSON request?

I don’t think we’re exposing this information. If you want that information available via JSON, you’ll have to write a plugin.

It would be indeed very interesting feature.

I think it would be interesting not just for admins but for users too.

Thanks for your quick answers guys! I can’t use the Data Explorer as we’re hosted with Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting), so I was hoping for a built-in solution :wink:

Wait… why does that stop you from using that plugin? Or is it that Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) doesn’t provide that plugin as of yet?

[image] cpradio: Or is it that Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) doesn’t provide that plugin as of yet? Correct, it’s not in the standard hosting package.

How many people are watching or tracking a topic?

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) January 5, 2016, 10:49am 4

Can certainly be done via a Data Explorer query of course.

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How to get the numbers of users watching/tracking a topic? Feature	4	914	December 21, 2017
Knowing the number of watchers Feature data-explorer , sql-query	9	1044	April 17, 2024
Get total list of topics and their view counts from Discourse API Development	4	1982	December 4, 2024
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How many people are watching or tracking a topic?

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