# How to create 1000 subcategories in a scalable way?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [28. Juli 2014 um 03:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-1000-subcategories-in-a-scalable-way/18158 "2014-07-28T03:38:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [28. Juli 2014 um 16:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-create-1000-subcategories-in-a-scalable-way/18158/9 "2014-07-28T16:30:44Z")

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I’d have to run a test, but I think they all refer to the same database, they just separate the categories, topics, posts by site. I’ll see what documentation I can find.

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