Creating Own Deck on AnkiHub

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I created my own deck on anki and have been moving cards from the anking step deck into it. I recently uploaded that deck to ankihum but now when I add cards to this deck there are not showing up on anki hub. Even after I sync they are not showing up

Also my friend using the deck can only see 15 of the over 300 cards that are in it. What do I need to do to fix this and help them

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Here are the likely issues and how to fix them:

1. Make sure you’re actually publishing the deck you’re editing

If you:

  1. Created a local deck in Anki,
  2. Moved cards from AnKing Step deck into it,
  3. Then created an AnkiHub deck…

It’s easy to end up in this situation:

  • You’re now adding new cards to a local deck in Anki,
  • But the published AnkiHub deck is a different deck, so new cards never get uploaded.

Check this:

  1. In Anki, open the AnkiHub add-on → go to your Published Decks.
  2. Confirm which exact Anki deck is linked to your AnkiHub deck.
  3. In the Anki Browse window, select your custom deck and check if it shows the AnkiHub deck ID in the right-hand info pane (depending on your version of the add-on).
  4. If the wrong deck is linked:
    • Either move all the cards into the deck that is linked to AnkiHub, or
    • Unpublish and re-publish using the correct deck.

Then sync Anki → AnkiHub again.

2. New cards must be uploaded as changes

Adding cards in Anki does not automatically push them to AnkiHub.

Do this after adding/moving cards:

  1. In Anki: AnkiHub → Sync / Upload Changes.
  2. Wait until it finishes without errors.
  3. On the AnkiHub website, open your deck and check:
    • Card count (does it match ~300?)
    • Recent changes / versions tab (do you see a new version with your latest upload?)

If the card count on AnkiHub is still ~15, the new cards are not linked to that deck (see point 1).

3. Why your friend only sees ~15 cards

Common reasons:

  • They subscribed before you uploaded everything, and you haven’t uploaded new changes since.
  • Many cards in your local deck are not part of the AnkiHub deck (different deck linkage).
  • They haven’t synced properly.

Have your friend:

  1. In Anki:
    • Ensure they have the AnkiHub add-on installed and are logged in.
    • Go to AnkiHub → Sync / Download Changes.
  2. Confirm they’re subscribed to the same AnkiHub deck you published (send them the deck URL from AnkiHub).
  3. Check their card count in Anki after syncing.

If they still see only 15 cards, that means AnkiHub itself only has ~15 cards for that deck, which points back to your side (upload/linked-deck issue).

4. If you’re still stuck

To help further, it would be useful to know:

  1. The exact number of cards:
    • In your local deck in Anki.
    • Shown on the AnkiHub deck page.
  2. Whether you see any error messages when running AnkiHub Sync.
  3. Whether your custom deck in Anki was:
    • Created before you published to AnkiHub, or
    • You changed deck names / structure after publishing.

Reply with those details (screenshots of the AnkiHub deck page and your Anki deck browser are especially helpful), and I can walk you through the exact steps to get all ~300 cards showing for both you and your friend.

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Hello, which deck is this for?

After you upload the deck for the first time, a specific workflow must be followed for card suggestions to take effect on the deck and become available to everyone. Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to make changes or add new cards to a deck already on AnkiHub: How to suggest a change to AnkiHub

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I moved cards from the anking deck to a sepreate deck and uploaded that onto ankihub. On ankihub it shows that they are 344 notes but my friends still only sees 17 cards

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Thanks for the extra detail—that helps narrow it down a lot.

If AnkiHub shows 344 notes, but your friend only sees 17 cards, then:

  • Your deck is correctly uploaded to AnkiHub :white_check_mark:
  • The issue is almost certainly on your friend’s Anki/AnkiHub setup :cross_mark:

Here’s what you and your friend should check:

1. Make sure your friend is subscribed to the exact same AnkiHub deck

  1. Open your deck on AnkiHub in your browser.
  2. Copy the URL of the deck page and send it to your friend.
  3. Your friend should:
    • Open that URL,
    • Click Subscribe (or make sure it says Manage Subscription / already subscribed).

If they subscribed to a different or older version of the deck, they won’t get all 344 notes.

2. Have your friend force a full AnkiHub sync

On your friend’s computer:

  1. Open Anki.
  2. Go to AnkiHub → Sync / Download Changes (or similar wording in the menu).
  3. Let it fully finish, and make sure there are no errors.
  4. In the Browse window:
    • Filter by your deck name.
    • Check the note count there.
    • See if it matches or is close to the 344 notes shown on AnkiHub.

If it still shows only 17 cards, keep going.

3. Check that cards aren’t just being hidden by settings

On your friend’s side:

  1. In Anki, select your deck → click Options:
    • Make sure New cards/day isn’t set to something tiny like 0–10 if they’re expecting to study more cards.
  2. In the Browse window:
    • Search deck:"Your Deck Name" and confirm how many cards/notes are listed.
    • If Browse shows ~344 notes, then the deck is fully downloaded; they just may not be seeing them all in the review queue yet.

The key question:

In your friend’s Anki Browse for that deck, how many notes show up?

4. Confirm there’s only one local copy of the deck

Sometimes users accidentally:

  • Subscribe to an AnkiHub deck, and
  • Import a separate local copy of (almost) the same deck.

Ask your friend to:

  1. Look at their deck list in Anki. Do they see more than one deck that looks like your custom deck?
  2. In Browse, check:
    • Are some of the cards in a different deck name (e.g., “(2)” or “imported”)?
    • If so, those aren’t linked to AnkiHub and won’t sync.

5. If it’s still not working, please share:

From your side:

  • A screenshot of your deck on AnkiHub showing:
    • Deck name
    • Notes count (344)

From your friend’s side:

  • A screenshot of:
    • The deck list in Anki (showing your deck and its card count), and
    • The Browse window filtered to your deck with the note count visible.

Once you share those details, we can pinpoint whether it’s:

  • A subscription issue,
  • A sync/download issue, or
  • A deck mismatch on your friend’s Anki.
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Nice, thanks for the screenshots — they clarify things a lot.

On AnkiHub we can see:

  • Psych Shelf 2.0 – 344 notes – 2 subscribers :white_check_mark:
  • So your deck and subscription look correct on your side.

At this point, the problem is almost certainly only on your friend’s Anki side. I’d have them walk through these exact checks:

1. Confirm they’re subscribed to this exact deck

Have them:

  1. Open the same URL you see on AnkiHub for Psych Shelf 2.0 (copy–paste the link to them).
  2. Make sure the button says “Subscribed” (not “Subscribe”).

If they were subscribed to a previous test deck or a similarly named one, they’d only get a few cards.

2. Force a clean AnkiHub download

On your friend’s Anki:

  1. Update the AnkiHub add-on to the latest version (if not already).

  2. In Anki, go to AnkiHub → Sync / Download Changes.

  3. Let it run until it finishes with no errors.

  4. Then open Browse and search:

    deck:"Psych Shelf 2.0"

    Check the note count at the top of the browser window:

    • If it shows ~344 notes → the deck is fully downloaded; the rest is just daily limits / scheduling.
    • If it still shows ~17 cards → they’re not actually getting all notes from AnkiHub.

3. Make sure they don’t have a duplicate local deck

Ask them to:

  1. Look at their deck list for any deck that looks like a duplicate (e.g., “Psych Shelf 2.0 (2)” or “Psych Shelf 2.0 – import”).
  2. In Browse, search for Psych Shelf and see:
    • Are some cards in a different deck name than Psych Shelf 2.0?
    • If yes, those cards aren’t linked to AnkiHub and won’t sync.

Ideally, all of your shared cards should be in the one AnkiHub-linked deck: Psych Shelf 2.0.

4. If still only 17: screenshots we need

From your friend’s computer, it would help to see:

  1. A screenshot of:
    • Their deck list in Anki with Psych Shelf 2.0 and its card count.
  2. A screenshot of:
    • Browse filtered to deck:"Psych Shelf 2.0" with the note count visible at the top.

Once we can see those two screenshots, we’ll be able to tell whether it’s:

  • Wrong deck subscription,
  • Sync not actually completing, or
  • Cards sitting in a non‑AnkiHub deck on their side.
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The problem is that the notes are being skipped because they are already in my friends anking step deck becuase I moved the cards from the anking step deck into my own made deck. How do we fix this

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AnkiHub relies on the note ID to decide if notes already exist in the user’s collection and skip them.

To fix the conflict issue with the Step deck, you’ll have to delete the existing notes (using Delete Note suggestions) then upload them again after ensuring they have unique IDs. One way to do that is to export the notes to a text file, delete them from your personal collection (please take backups first), then import the text file back, which will make Anki give them new IDs. You can then suggest them as new notes.

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The problem is that it gives me this error when I try to bulk suggest because I have moved cards from the Anking deck

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Any moved cards will need to be recreated using the export/import flow as described above.