# Searching Users returns a maximum of 20 users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users-returns-a-maximum-of-20-users/296485
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [February 23, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users-returns-a-maximum-of-20-users/296485 "2024-02-23T13:50:36Z")
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### Author: ![j.jaffeux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/j.jaffeux/32/60297_2.png) [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-users-returns-a-maximum-of-20-users/296485/8 "2024-09-11T23:30:57Z")

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> [@pacharanero](#):
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> I can’t imagine someone implementing any search feature and consciously deciding to include an arbitrary and completely fixed limit to the number of results you can get.

It’s not very hard to imagine though. Implementing pagination both in backend and frontend is a significant amount of work. If providing this feature has never been requested then other things get prioritized. Many things taken alone are easy, but when you have thousands things to do; you have choices to make.

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