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title: "PUBSUB"
url: "https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/yedis/api/pubsub/"
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# PUBSUB

## Synopsis

PUBSUB command is useful to view the state of the Pub/Sub system in Yugabyte. These commands only provide information regarding the specific YEDIS server that is queried. 3 subcommands are supported:

### `PUBSUB channels [pattern]`

Lists the currently active channels (optionally matching the given pattern) on the YEDIS server that is queried -- i.e. channels with one or more subscribers on the node that the client is connected to.

### `PUBSUB NUBSUB [channel-1 .. channel-n]`

Returns the number of subscribers for the specified channels (not counting the clients that are subscribed to patterns) on the YEDIS server that is queried.

### `PUBSUB NUMPAT`

Returns the number of patterns that are subscribed to on the YEDIS server that is queried.

## See also

[`pubsub`](/stable/yedis/api/pubsub/ "pubsub"), [`publish`](/stable/yedis/api/publish/ "publish"), [`subscribe`](/stable/yedis/api/subscribe/ "subscribe"), [`unsubscribe`](/stable/yedis/api/unsubscribe/ "unsubscribe"), [`psubscribe`](/stable/yedis/api/psubscribe/ "psubscribe"), [`punsubscribe`](/stable/yedis/api/punsubscribe/ "punsubscribe")