# What is the maximum limit of the number of partitions in a Kafka topic?

Suppose, I usually create 40 partitions. I want to know what's the limit and what determines the partition limit in a Kafka topic.

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
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### Comment 1

The answer is closely related to the version of the Kafka broker that you are running. A reasonably up to date cluster can hold up to 4,000 partitions per broker and up to 200,000 partitions in a cluster.

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