# Global Lists: Max number of items?

**URL:** <https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/global-lists-max-number-of-items/522>\
**Category:** Global Lists\
**Created:** [July 26, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/global-lists-max-number-of-items/522 "2013-07-26T02:54:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![wfg-admin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discuss.workflowgen.com/wfg-admin/32/714_2.png) [@wfg-admin](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/wfg-admin)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/global-lists-max-number-of-items/522/1 "2013-07-26T02:54:43Z")

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There is no limit to the number of items in a Global List, which can have up to 20 columns. Good user interface performance depends on the number of cells (items × columns), and is optimized for at least 5000 cells (for example, 1000 items with 5 columns or 250 items with 20 columns).