# Categories page - category / subcategory stats inaccurate to user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-page-category-subcategory-stats-inaccurate-to-user/23870>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [Janvier 11, 2015, 12:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-page-category-subcategory-stats-inaccurate-to-user/23870 "2015-01-11T00:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [Janvier 11, 2015, 12:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-page-category-subcategory-stats-inaccurate-to-user/23870/1 "2015-01-11T00:51:20Z")

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The categories page gives an inaccurate representation of the activity within a category / forum.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/e/7e0472a4c2e5e5cc735bb1aba9c4906f7eac1b8b.png) 

Within the screenshot above you will see `category stats` (circled on right), these stats do not include any of the posts from the subcategories giving a negative appearance of inactivity with the forum / category.

In addition if there are no posts in the top-level category there are no numbers indicated in the topic stats - again **reflecting negatively on the forum overall** - because other categories do contain these stats.

A user reviewing a forum may check the categories section to see how active a specific category is in considering if they should join.

**Personally I believe it should include the subcategories in the stats** as visually the sub-categories are not seperate in the row the numbers are for. Either that or a change in display / representation of the subcategories.

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