# Counting favorites **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [April 4, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113 "2023-04-04T05:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlodemarchis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/carlodemarchis/32/55576_2.png) [@carlodemarchis](https://community.glideapps.com/u/carlodemarchis)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113/1 "2023-04-04T05:53:16Z")
Even if I know favorites are like user custom columns - is there a way to count how many people have fav an item? ---
**Author:** ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 6:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113/2 "2023-04-04T06:06:08Z")
No, unless you make your own fav column ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113/3 "2023-04-05T00:11:17Z")
The way to make your own “favorite” flow is somewhat like this: > [@Preserve visibility of star ratings after being submitted by user](https://community.glideapps.com/t/preserve-visibility-of-star-ratings-after-being-submitted-by-user/22695/2): > > I have never used a rating component outside a form. I usually write the rating via a form/add row action to a Ratings sheet so I can do rollups and show ratings afterwards. There’s another method that you can do with compound action, which is: Show a rating component Have a button that says something like “Send your rating”. Increment a “Global rating total” column by the rating value. Increment a “Global rating count” column by 1. Increment a “User rating” user-specific column by the rating… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/counting-favorites/60113/4 "2023-04-06T00:11:36Z")
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