# (Superseded) How can a topic be considered \`Top\`? **URL:** \ **Category:** Using Discourse\ **Tags:** reference\ **Created:** [April 22, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/superseded-how-can-a-topic-be-considered-top/27824 "2015-04-22T06:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![trandatnh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/trandatnh/32/115055_2.png) [@trandatnh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trandatnh)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/superseded-how-can-a-topic-be-considered-top/27824/1 "2015-04-22T06:05:22Z")

> ⚠ Topic Superseded by: [Calculating "Top" topics in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-top-topics-calculated/240928) I can see from our Top menu: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/7/57810f8a18b344390c2251726acb11fcee011bd5.png) - the topic “Less Frequent…” is 1st - the topic “Should be…” is 3rd While 3rd topic has more replies and views and same last activity. The only different I can find is the creation day of 3rd topic is much older than 1st topic. Could anyone explain me how do we calculate the “hot” or “top” score of a topic? * * * The source code that determines top scores for topics starts here: > ---

**Author:** ![SaraDev](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/saradev/32/335139_2.png) [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/superseded-how-can-a-topic-be-considered-top/27824/6 "2022-10-04T19:58:41Z")

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