# Category counts: some have per-month but not all

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-counts-some-have-per-month-but-not-all/300461
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [March 22, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-counts-some-have-per-month-but-not-all/300461 "2024-03-22T01:02:27Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-counts-some-have-per-month-but-not-all/300461/3 "2024-03-23T20:44:19Z")

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> [@jidanni](#):
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> Well, if all items had a per-month count,  
> or if all the items had just simply a total count,

There is also topics per week

> [@Total number of topics / Topics par month on the category page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/total-number-of-topics-topics-par-month-on-the-category-page/211134/2):
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> The short answer is that you - as an admin - have a different category list. As an admin, you have access to private categories. I say admin here to keep it simple, but this also applies to regular users that have access to private categories. So, the total number of categories on your list is higher. Note that I’m only talking about categories, not subcategories. You can ignore subcategories for now. So, how does this relate to whether Discourse shows you 2 / week or 17 / month or 4.4k? It i…

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