# Discovery

## Community Spotlight

The community discovery system highlights both active, growing small communities and large communities with many members. Communities in the spotlight are also advertised in the [CAD](https://docs.sonoransoftware.com/cad), CMS, and [radio ](https://docs.sonoransoftware.com/radio)main menus.

All of these metrics are based off the last seven days.

### 📈Fastest Growing Community

This category is based on user growth as a percentage and is limited to communities between `50` and `250` members.

*Improve your ranking in this category by* [*signing up new members*](/cms/tutorials/getting-started/inviting-users-to-your-cms.md) *in your community.*

### 👀Highest Website Traffic

This category is based off the number of unique user visits to the homepage per day.

*You can improve your ranking in this category by using CMS as your* [*primary website*](/cms/tutorials/community-website/website-builder.md)*. Both visitors and members count towards traffic.*

### 👥Most Active Community

This category is based off of the number of unique user logins in your community per day.

*You can improve your ranking in this category by having your members utilize your CMS website more frequently. Using a* [*custom domain*](/cms/tutorials/customization/custom-domain.md#custom-domain)*, running all* [*applications/forms*](/cms/tutorials/forms.md) *via CMS, utilizing online CMS* [*forums*](/cms/tutorials/community-website/forum-system.md)*, etc.*

### ⬆️Most Recently Bumped Community

This category randomly selects communities that have been bumped in the last hour.

*You can improve your ranking in this category by bumping your community in the discovery panel.*

*Bumped communities are also posted to the #advertise-here channel in our* [*Official Discord*](https://discord.sonoransoftware.com)*!*

## Discovery Metrics

Every time your community is viewed or clicked on via the community discovery page, or CAD/CMS/radio menu those metrics are logged.

You can view these in the growth panel to see how the community spotlight and discovery page are impacting your community.

<figure><img src="/files/bWEy9McwrVqQ4HbiGMoU" alt=""><figcaption><p>Sonoran CMS: Community Discovery Metrics</p></figcaption></figure>

## Configuring Community Discovery

### Community Approval

In order to be on the community discovery page, communities must meet specific criteria:

1. The community must be more than 72 hours old.
2. The homepage must be customized and cleared of any default/placeholder text.
3. The homepage must have a clear button or link for a new user to apply or join.

Once these criteria have been met, select the <kbd>Bump Discovery</kbd> button in Discovery Settings.


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