# Understanding Discourse Trust Levels

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752>\
**Category:** Blog\
**Tags:** trust-levels\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752 "2018-06-25T23:38:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752/332 "2026-08-29T18:20:01Z")

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Trust Level 1 requires:

> 1. Entering at least **5** topics
> 2. Reading at least **30** posts
> 3. Spend a total of **10** minutes reading posts

Almost there, you’ve entered **4** topics, read 96 posts, and have read for 11 minutes

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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:** [August 29, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752/333 "2026-08-29T18:53:49Z")

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> [@Okayyokay](#):
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> I’m eager to get to a level where I can see more of the forums

Spoiler: There is not really more to see. (Except the #Contribute > Lounge category for TL3 with no activity in the past 3 months)

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**Author:** ![Okayyokay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e57/32.png) [@Okayyokay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Okayyokay)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752/334 "2026-08-29T19:48:05Z")

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My screenshot is from a different Discourse instance I’m on, not this one. I’ve entered 33 topics, according to my dashboard there.

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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:** [August 29, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752/335 "2026-08-29T20:39:28Z")

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Maybe the requirements are different in that forum 🤷‍♀️

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Admins can change these thresholds by searching for `tl1` in site settings.

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