# Topic view count available from topic itself

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-count-available-from-topic-itself/254349
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** topic-map
**Created:** [February 7, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-count-available-from-topic-itself/254349 "2023-02-07T14:53:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-count-available-from-topic-itself/254349/1 "2023-02-07T14:53:45Z")

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If I’m looking at a list of topics (New, Latest &etc) I can see the number of Views per topic.

It would be nice to have access to that stat from within the topic itself, rather than having to back out, and find the topic in a list.

It’s reasonable to me that this wouldn’t necessarily be visible by default (i.e. in the topic header) but probably from the wrench menu.

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-count-available-from-topic-itself/254349/2 "2023-02-07T15:00:40Z")

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Topic views are visible below the OP assuming it has responses. On mobile the bar below op needs to be expanded to see them:

Desktop:

 ![Screenshot 2023-02-07 at 9.03.34 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/d/4/2d468531c02e9392b62f637a74564bdb4aeb2d00.png)

Normal:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/3/5/c35689a6ee4ced343c8c5e89155a6efebd892a92.jpeg)  
Expanded:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/b/e/2beea4dce361961c13b2287506b942ec77daa863.jpeg)

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### Author: ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-count-available-from-topic-itself/254349/3 "2023-02-07T15:34:00Z")

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Personally I think this should be visible by default somehow, but there is a workaround posted recently that I’m successfully using in my community:

> [@How to show topic-map on non-commented posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-topic-map-on-non-commented-posts/204222/15):
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> Hello, Now that I saw this topic, I remembered that I had seen [a commit about this](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/19302) before. slightly_smiling_face I think this should work now arrow_down_small Header \<script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"\> api.includePostAttributes('topicMap'); \</script\> I’ve also added a little CSS to hide unnecessary stats when no other posts. Common / CSS body:not(.archetype-private\_message) { .topic-post.regular { // if last-of-type is the …

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-view-count-available-from-topic-itself/254349/4 "2024-12-10T12:49:25Z")

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As part of the [topic map redesign](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-our-simplified-topic-map-experiment/307584/115) the `show topic map in topics without replies` site setting was added, which is now enabled by default.  
[UX: Show topic map in topics without replies by default by jancernik · Pull Request #28468 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28468)