# How to know the followers of a specific topic?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-the-followers-of-a-specific-topic/202448
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 2, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-the-followers-of-a-specific-topic/202448 "2021-09-02T12:19:32Z")
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### Author: ![wlandgraf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wlandgraf/32/154660_2.png) [@wlandgraf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wlandgraf)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-the-followers-of-a-specific-topic/202448/1 "2021-09-02T12:19:32Z")

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I wonder if it’s possible for an admin to list the followers (watchers) of a specific topic, or at least know how many are watching it?

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-the-followers-of-a-specific-topic/202448/2 "2021-09-02T15:59:16Z")

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Some kind of “You are about to notify (n) people” warning would be useful for topics (or categories) that have a lot of users watching them.