Distribution (Dist.) indicates how frequently experts mention a topic related to the subject of your content, based on the analysis of thousands of pages of documents. It can also be used to determine if a topic is mentioned too frequently, potentially making its usage appear unnatural.
There is a suggested distribution for each topic that’s displayed in bands like this.
![Setting the Topic Distribution Display colors vZ8](https://docs.marketmuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/colors-vZ8.png)
In Settings > Account, you can set whether to display banded values or exact distribution counts (the default) in applications. The color-coding remains the same either way.
![Setting the Topic Distribution Display Distribution display setting](https://docs.marketmuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Distribution-display-setting.png)
Using bands as opposed to exact distributions helps guide writers in their discussion of the topic (based on how experts use it) without causing them to fixate on a specific number. That fixation typically causes one’s writing to be stilted and flow unnaturally.