# What does \`incoming link count\` in discourse database mean?

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** sql-query\
**Created:** [10 ביולי,‏ 2019,‏ 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-incoming-link-count-in-discourse-database-mean/122515 "2019-07-10T04:13:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Akshara\_Goyal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/akshara_goyal/32/148882_2.png) [@Akshara\_Goyal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Akshara_Goyal)\
**Post date:** [10 ביולי,‏ 2019,‏ 4:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-incoming-link-count-in-discourse-database-mean/122515/1 "2019-07-10T04:13:18Z")

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I was hoping that `incoming link count` for a post in discourse database means no. of times external websites have mentioned that post in their content.. But the numbers that I have are too high to believe that.  
Could someone please explain what does `incoming link count` mean?

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