# Kibana count and elasticsearch count are different
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-count-and-elasticsearch-count-are-different/240375
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-count-and-elasticsearch-count-are-different/240375 "2020-07-08T15:16:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@elisavet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elisavet)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-count-and-elasticsearch-count-are-different/240375/1 "2020-07-08T15:16:46Z")
Hello! When I count docs in elasticsearch with the \_count API I get 844, while in kibana I get 623.
Why does this happen?
Thank you, elisavet
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### Author:  [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-count-and-elasticsearch-count-are-different/240375/2 "2020-07-08T15:21:44Z")
Kibana applies filters to your results. Look at the Inspector tab to see what the request is.
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### Author:  [@elisavet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elisavet)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-count-and-elasticsearch-count-are-different/240375/3 "2020-07-09T11:44:18Z")
Thank you! It really helped me understand what's going wrong.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-count-and-elasticsearch-count-are-different/240375/4 "2020-08-06T11:44:22Z")
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