# What makes a topic appear in the "Top" filter?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-makes-a-topic-appear-in-the-top-filter/49668>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [3 Septiembre, 2016 09:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-makes-a-topic-appear-in-the-top-filter/49668 "2016-09-03T09:32:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [3 Septiembre, 2016 09:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-makes-a-topic-appear-in-the-top-filter/49668/1 "2016-09-03T09:32:59Z")

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I’m trying to understand the heuristics used to determine the “top” posts, mostly because I want to use them to auto-propagate into tiles at my header. However, as the community hasn’t launched yet, I seem to be having a hard time getting something to appear in the “top” filter.

My initial instinct tells me that if there are no other topics being called “top” any of my latest should automatically get that description. However, I clearly don’t understand what’s being used to hit that state. Can anyone shed some light on it for me? Is there a way I can make it accept the last few topics if nothing else qualifies?

Thanks!

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