# Tracking topic views history

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-topic-views-history/280759>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-topic-views-history/280759 "2023-10-02T16:01:51Z")\
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**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 2, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-topic-views-history/280759/5 "2023-10-02T16:40:12Z")

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I’m afraid I have recently found out that the `topic_views` table only records the very first view of a topic by a user and **not** one topic view per user/ip per day.

Unfortunately this makes doing a time-based breakdown on views a little skewed, and can only be done on ‘viewed for the first time’.

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