diff --git a/orm/community.py b/orm/community.py
index 63f104c6..d789d0e3 100644
--- a/orm/community.py
+++ b/orm/community.py
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ class Community(Base):
                 session.add(d)
                 session.commit()
             Community.default_community = d
-            print('[orm] created default community with id %s' % d.id)
+            print('[orm] default community id: %s' % d.id)
diff --git a/resolvers/topics.py b/resolvers/topics.py
index 399953a7..cd908325 100644
--- a/resolvers/topics.py
+++ b/resolvers/topics.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from orm.topic import Topic, TopicFollower
 from services.zine.topics import TopicStorage
 from services.stat.reacted import ReactedStorage
 from services.stat.topicstat import TopicStat
-from services.stat.viewed import ViewedStorage
 
 
 async def get_topic_stat(slug):
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ async def get_topic_stat(slug):
         "shouts": len(TopicStat.shouts_by_topic.get(slug, {}).keys()),
         "authors": len(TopicStat.authors_by_topic.get(slug, {}).keys()),
         "followers": len(TopicStat.followers_by_topic.get(slug, {}).keys()),
-        "viewed": await ViewedStorage.get_topic(slug),
+        # NOTICE: no viewed metric is needed here
         "reacted": len(await ReactedStorage.get_topic(slug)),
         "commented": len(await ReactedStorage.get_topic_comments(slug)),
         "rating": await ReactedStorage.get_topic_rating(slug)
diff --git a/schema.graphql b/schema.graphql
index 1f89ecdc..bddb936e 100644
--- a/schema.graphql
+++ b/schema.graphql
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ type TopicStat {
   shouts: Int!
   followers: Int!
   authors: Int!
-  viewed: Int!
+  # viewed: Int! too expensive
   reacted: Int!
   commented: Int
   rating: Int
diff --git a/services/main.py b/services/main.py
index bcd886f0..ad7cbde5 100644
--- a/services/main.py
+++ b/services/main.py
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ from services.auth.roles import RoleStorage
 from services.auth.users import UserStorage
 from services.zine.topics import TopicStorage
 from services.search import SearchService
+from services.stat.viewed import ViewedStorage
 from base.orm import local_session
 
 
 async def storages_init():
     with local_session() as session:
         print('[main] initialize storages')
+        ViewedStorage.init()
         ReactedStorage.init(session)
         RoleStorage.init(session)
         UserStorage.init(session)
diff --git a/services/stat/viewed.py b/services/stat/viewed.py
index 7b11f377..72fa8902 100644
--- a/services/stat/viewed.py
+++ b/services/stat/viewed.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from gql.transport.aiohttp import AIOHTTPTransport
 from base.orm import local_session
 from sqlalchemy import func, select
 from orm.viewed import ViewedEntry
-from orm.shout import ShoutTopic
-from services.zine.topics import TopicStorage
 from ssl import create_default_context
 
 
@@ -43,21 +41,23 @@ ssl = create_default_context()
 
 class ViewedStorage:
     lock = asyncio.Lock()
-    by_topics = {}
     by_shouts = {}
     period = 5 * 60  # 5 minutes
     client = None
     transport = None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def init():
+        ViewedStorage.transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url="https://ackee.discours.io/", ssl=ssl)
+        ViewedStorage.client = Client(transport=ViewedStorage.transport, fetch_schema_from_transport=True)
+
     @staticmethod
     async def update_views(session):
         # TODO: when the struture of payload will be transparent
         # TODO: perhaps ackee token getting here
 
-        self = ViewedStorage()
+        self = ViewedStorage
         async with self.lock:
-            self.transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url="https://ackee.discours.io/", ssl=ssl)
-            self.client = Client(transport=self.transport, fetch_schema_from_transport=True)
             domains = await self.client.execute_async(query_ackee_views)
             print("[stat.ackee] loaded domains")
             print(domains)
@@ -80,23 +80,6 @@ class ViewedStorage:
             else:
                 return r
 
-    @staticmethod
-    async def get_topic(topic_slug):
-        self = ViewedStorage
-        topic_views = 0
-        async with self.lock:
-            topic_views_by_shouts = self.by_topics.get(topic_slug) or {}
-            if len(topic_views_by_shouts.keys()) == 0:
-                with local_session() as session:
-                    shoutslugs = session.query(ShoutTopic.shout).where(ShoutTopic.topic == topic_slug).all()
-                    self.by_topics[topic_slug] = {}
-                    for slug in shoutslugs:
-                        self.by_topics[topic_slug][slug] = await self.get_shout(slug)
-                topic_views_by_shouts = self.by_topics.get(topic_slug) or {}
-            for shout in topic_views_by_shouts:
-                topic_views += shout
-        return topic_views
-
     @staticmethod
     async def increment(shout_slug, amount=1, viewer='anonymous'):
         self = ViewedStorage
@@ -110,11 +93,6 @@ class ViewedStorage:
                 session.add(viewed)
                 session.commit()
                 self.by_shouts[shout_slug] = self.by_shouts.get(shout_slug, 0) + amount
-                shout_topics = await TopicStorage.get_topics_by_slugs([shout_slug, ])
-                for t in shout_topics:
-                    self.by_topics[t] = self.by_topics.get(t) or {}
-                    self.by_topics[t][shout_slug] = self.by_topics[t].get(shout_slug) or 0
-                    self.by_topics[t][shout_slug] += amount
 
     @staticmethod
     async def worker():
@@ -123,7 +101,7 @@ class ViewedStorage:
             try:
                 with local_session() as session:
                     await self.update_views(session)
+                    print("[stat.viewed] next renew in %d minutes" % (self.period / 60))
             except Exception as err:
-                print("[stat.viewed] : %s" % (err))
-            print("[stat.viewed] renew period: %d minutes" % (self.period / 60))
+                print("[stat.viewed] %s" % (err))
             await asyncio.sleep(self.period)