# How do I get the relative count of the "Topics count" of the category page?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [13 Abril, 2017 15:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934 "2017-04-13T15:35:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@saluzi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saluzi)
#### Post date: [13 Abril, 2017 15:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934/1 "2017-04-13T15:35:10Z")
**My forum topic count is shown as an absolute number ,It’s too long :**
**But i hope it is like that :**
**what should I do?**
Thank you very much !
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [13 Abril, 2017 16:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934/2 "2017-04-13T16:03:50Z")
They automatically change based on the activity 😉
We only show “per week” (or “per month”) counts if at least 66% of the categories have at least 1 new topic during that period. Otherwise we show the total number of topics.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [26 Octubre, 2023 07:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934/3 "2023-10-26T07:45:18Z")
Se dividió una publicación en un nuevo tema: [Mostrar número total de temas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-total-number-of-topics/283500)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [26 Octubre, 2023 07:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-the-relative-count-of-the-topics-count-of-the-category-page/60934/4 "2023-10-26T07:45:32Z")