# Admin shows twice, incorrect counts in User search

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-shows-twice-incorrect-counts-in-user-search/141459
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-shows-twice-incorrect-counts-in-user-search/141459 "2020-02-13T01:48:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-shows-twice-incorrect-counts-in-user-search/141459/1 "2020-02-13T01:48:16Z")

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While logged in, I’m searching for users at `/u?name=sa&order=topic_count` at and see this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/5/e558d290a1733e9b50e5531f211bdca10755b0f5.png)

If I narrow down the search substring to `sac` I see this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/3/239579e0f096387407c5a16bc6562b5cfd93abdb.png)

I don’t think my username should appear in those searches, and indeed it does not in an incognito session. Also, most of my counts are artificially zero.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-shows-twice-incorrect-counts-in-user-search/141459/2 "2020-02-13T02:45:13Z")

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Showing twice is by design, not a bug.

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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-shows-twice-incorrect-counts-in-user-search/141459/3 "2020-02-13T12:08:27Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Showing twice is by design, not a bug.

Sorry for being dim, but why should the admin show at all when their name doesn’t match the search string, and why aren’t the admin’s counts correct? What is the design here?

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### Author: ![anon48433008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@anon48433008](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon48433008)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-shows-twice-incorrect-counts-in-user-search/141459/4 "2020-02-13T13:32:19Z")

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> [@dandv](#):
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> most of my counts are artificially zero.

Just wanted to point out the date range you viewed for those counts, have had that trip me up before expecting to see different results