# Show Total Topics/Replies in /categories **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207 **Category:** Support **Created:** [December 1, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207 "2015-12-01T17:31:55Z") **Posts on this page:** 7 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mei/32/121278_2.png) [@mei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mei) #### Post date: [December 1, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/1 "2015-12-01T17:31:55Z")
Instead of showing daily and weekly counts of topics in each category (in the /categories view), is it possible to show the **total** topics AND replies? I feel like this is the standard with most other forum software (although I know Discourse is pretty special 🙂 ) ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [December 2, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/2 "2015-12-02T03:33:35Z")
I believe the information is there, not sure, can you check @techapj? ---
### Author: ![mei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mei/32/121278_2.png) [@mei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mei) #### Post date: [December 2, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/3 "2015-12-02T04:21:55Z")
Thanks for checking on this @codinghorror! I scoured the forum for any similar threads and couldn’t find anything in my forum settings. Not sure if I’m just missing something really obvious. At any rate, I took a couple of screenshots to avoid any miscommunications. First screenshot is my Discourse forum on the /categories page. Instead of 1/week and 1/month I’d prefer to just show total lifetime topics and replies/individual posts in this category. See second screenshot for a different forum example. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/4/842699900d20f1814645dbc6cdc0d43b6de72ee5.jpg) ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/7/6707b46242255781043a2bd4ec9fed5839a2ee52.jpg) ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [December 2, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/4 "2015-12-02T04:26:38Z")
What I mean is that the info is available in the JSON payload that the page is built from. It’s just not displayed. ---
### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ) #### Post date: [December 2, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/5 "2015-12-02T18:32:45Z")
Yes, the info is indeed available in JSON payload under `topic_count `. But not shown anywhere in UI. ---
### Author: ![planted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@planted](https://meta.discourse.org/u/planted) #### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/6 "2017-03-23T11:59:36Z")
Is there a setting for this in the admin? My forum was showing total count which was great and I just updated and now half the categories are showing the 1/month. My forum is not so active but has a ton of posts, this kinda makes it look empty. Thanks ---
### 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: [October 1, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-topics-replies-in-categories/36207/9 "2022-10-01T19:07:23Z")