# View count difference in category vs data-explorer

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Created:** [June 28, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/view-count-difference-in-category-vs-data-explorer/314227 "2024-06-28T20:05:22Z")\
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I’m using [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) to count the number of views on a category using the topic\_views table, but when I count the number of views for that category vs the number of views on the topic (topic.views) the number of views in the topic\_views table is much less. Any idea why this is?

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