# 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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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-like-count-show-for-the-entire-topic/371146/6 "2025-06-21T10:38:21Z")

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Yeah, it’s part of the normal Topic List serialisation, and iirc it is a count of all the likes:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/1/b/61b38126c5d14d9cafeeddcaba7d57b2229ebfa5.png)

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