# Sort by discussions count

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-by-discussions-count/941115>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-by-discussions-count/941115 "2026-07-28T20:39:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![depressed\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@depressed\_6](https://forums.plex.tv/u/depressed_6)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-by-discussions-count/941115/1 "2026-07-28T20:39:18Z")

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maybe make no sense but i sugest a sort option by number of discussions

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**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-by-discussions-count/941115/2 "2026-07-28T20:49:50Z")

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The server libraries can only be sorted by things local to the server. Discussions are not part of server library metadata.

Not sure if you mean sorting something else.

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**Author:** ![depressed\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@depressed\_6](https://forums.plex.tv/u/depressed_6)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-by-discussions-count/941115/3 "2026-07-28T22:33:20Z")

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yes but right now when i choose a movie from server i see comments from other users so player or srrver somwhere in programming see the number of discussions. i think is a start point

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sort-by-discussions-count/941115/4 "2026-07-29T05:00:52Z")

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What would you be trying to achieve by sorting your personal (or a shared) library by the number of topics/posts of their items?

Just wondering as you already stated the suggestion might not make any sense…
