How to list the most used labels in Confluence

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Summary

Problem

As an administrator, I'd like to have the precise number of times each label has been added to a content.

Solution

The following query produces a list with the label name and the number of pages or attachments containing that label:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SELECT count(*) AS label_count, l.name AS label_name FROM label l JOIN content_label c_l ON l.labelid = c_l.labelid JOIN content c ON c.contentid = c_l.contentid WHERE l.namespace = 'global' GROUP BY label_name ORDER BY label_count DESC;
Updated on April 2, 2025

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