# Why does the like count show for the entire topic?

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**Created:** [June 21, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-like-count-show-for-the-entire-topic/371146 "2025-06-21T10:30:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-like-count-show-for-the-entire-topic/371146/2 "2025-06-21T10:33:50Z")

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Which theme or component are you using? It’s probably related to that.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but IIRC the like column shows the total number of likes for the topic.

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