# Accumulated data wrong

**URL:** <https://community.piwik.pro/t/accumulated-data-wrong/3122>\
**Category:** Reports and working with data\
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/accumulated-data-wrong/3122 "2023-10-30T11:08:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![j\_rikke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@j\_rikke](https://community.piwik.pro/u/j_rikke)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/accumulated-data-wrong/3122/1 "2023-10-30T11:08:38Z")

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When I view our data from Channels then I get an accumulated number that is not the same as the number on top.

Does anyone know why?

![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/piwikpro/original/2X/8/8200bec0e9256f2e191debb1bcca6b97f7a097fa.png)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![anthonybartczak](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.piwik.pro/anthonybartczak/32/2430_2.png) [@anthonybartczak](https://community.piwik.pro/u/anthonybartczak)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/accumulated-data-wrong/3122/2 "2023-10-30T14:02:26Z")

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Hello @j_rikke!

This is because a single visitor can have multiple channels (multiple visits). The number on top will show the count of unique visitors.