# Number of users who watch a category or topic? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-users-who-watch-a-category-or-topic/55026 **Category:** Support **Created:** [January 1, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-users-who-watch-a-category-or-topic/55026 "2017-01-01T14:23:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Pad\_Pors](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pad_pors/32/52016_2.png) [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors) #### Post date: [January 1, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-users-who-watch-a-category-or-topic/55026/1 "2017-01-01T14:23:04Z")
How can an admin count the number of users who watch a topic or category? Is it measurable via API, or admin statistic panel, or even google analytic? can anyone guide me? I’m looking for it to get a measure of importance of topics/categories for our community. ---
### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague) #### Post date: [January 1, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-users-who-watch-a-category-or-topic/55026/2 "2017-01-01T20:53:42Z")
It would be easy enough to do using the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin. There are 4 “\_users” tables: - `category_users` - `topic_users` - `group_users` - `tag_users` Each has a `notification_level` field. 0 Muted, 1 Normal, 2 Tracked, 3 Watched ---
### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger) #### Post date: [July 11, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-users-who-watch-a-category-or-topic/55026/5 "2022-07-11T17:19:13Z")