# Are Private Topics counted in the Topics & Posts Report? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [June 3, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-topics-counted-in-the-topics-posts-report/119390 "2019-06-03T14:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mariane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mariane/32/123197_2.png) [@Mariane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mariane)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-topics-counted-in-the-topics-posts-report/119390/1 "2019-06-03T14:38:49Z")
Hi there, We are trying to calculate how many questions are posted through our Community Forum (based on Topics and Replies). At first, we calculated this with the reports **Topics** and **Posts**. But the thing is we are not sure anymore if the messages sent to the ‘‘Private-Support’’ are included in these two reports. Does anyone know? Are the private-support topics considered as messages and counted separately (for example, in **User-to-User (with replies)** or **User-to-User (excluding replies)**) or are they included in the total of **Topics** and **Posts**? Is there anyway of seraching the Private-Support messages separately? Thanks in advance, ---
**Author:** ![Mariane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mariane/32/123197_2.png) [@Mariane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mariane)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-topics-counted-in-the-topics-posts-report/119390/2 "2019-06-12T01:49:16Z")
I guess no one knows 😶 or is it just my question that has an obvious answer I can’t see? ---
**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-topics-counted-in-the-topics-posts-report/119390/3 "2019-06-12T02:26:09Z")
> [@Mariane](#): > > we are not sure anymore if the messages sent to the ‘‘Private-Support’’ are included in these two reports. Does anyone know? Personal Messages are not counted in the Topic or Post reports. Are your Private-Support topics Personal Messages, or are they regular topics that you are creating in a protected category? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-topics-counted-in-the-topics-posts-report/119390/4 "2022-11-15T08:06:03Z")
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-private-topics-counted-in-the-topics-posts-report/119390/5 "2022-11-21T21:11:25Z")