# What is the meaning of "popularity" in index pattern page?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-popularity-in-index-pattern-page/93090>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 13, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-popularity-in-index-pattern-page/93090 "2017-07-13T23:40:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shuxin\_Lin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Shuxin\_Lin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shuxin_Lin)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-popularity-in-index-pattern-page/93090/1 "2017-07-13T23:40:14Z")

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Hi,

I cannot find any info online. Can someone tell me what is the meaning of "popularity" in index pattern page?

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/7/270b7d27ea5928df19b73b59df7e0ccb903a837c.png)

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**Author:** ![ppisljar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppisljar/32/11588_2.png) [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-popularity-in-index-pattern-page/93090/2 "2017-07-17T07:41:23Z")

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in the discovery app you will see most popular fields on the top of the field list.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-popularity-in-index-pattern-page/93090/3 "2017-08-14T07:41:40Z")

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