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Introduction to channels

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Browse and subscribe to channels

Everyone other than guests can subscribe to any public or web-public channel. Channel administrators can configure who can subscribe to private channels.

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  1. Scroll through the list of channels. You can use the search box near the top of the menu to filter the list by channel name or description.

  2. Click the subscribe to channel (plus) icon to the left of a channel to subscribe to it.

!!! tip ""

You can click on the icons in the upper right to sort the list of channels
**by name** (<i class="fa fa-sort-alpha-asc"></i>),
**by number of subscribers** (<i class="fa fa-user-o"></i>), or
**by estimated weekly traffic** (<i class="fa fa-bar-chart"></i>).

{tab|mobile}

Access this feature by following the web app instructions in your mobile device browser.

Implementation of this feature in the mobile app is tracked on GitHub. If you're interested in this feature, please react to the issue's description with 👍.

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