# Why are topic counts sometimes different?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topic-counts-sometimes-different/312075>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 14, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topic-counts-sometimes-different/312075 "2024-06-14T10:04:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-topic-counts-sometimes-different/312075/2 "2024-06-17T02:26:27Z")

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“Private” topics are personal messages so we don’t display the count publicly by design.

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