# How Suggested Topic does it work?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-suggested-topic-does-it-work/171469
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** suggested-topics
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-suggested-topic-does-it-work/171469 "2020-11-27T07:40:13Z")
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### Author: ![osioke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osioke/32/238946_2.png) [@osioke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osioke)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-suggested-topic-does-it-work/171469/2 "2020-11-27T08:21:46Z")

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> [@How does Discourse determine what Suggested Topics to show?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-discourse-determine-what-suggested-topics-to-show/125805/2):
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> The Suggested Topics list will show any unread topics that you are watching or tracking that are less than 90 days old. If there are fewer than 5 unread topics in the list, random topics that are less than 365 days old will be appended to the list. The Suggested Topics list first tries to load topics from the same category as the topic you are currently reading. If there are less than 5 topics from the category that can be added to the list, topics from other categories will be chosen. You can …

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