# Need help in understanding Learning steps **URL:** \ **Category:** Learning Effectively\ **Created:** [July 19, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232 "2025-07-19T15:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saadrehman212004](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/saadrehman212004/32/33952_2.png) [@saadrehman212004](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/saadrehman212004)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/1 "2025-07-19T15:29:49Z")
Hey everyone I cant seem to understand learning steps i read the manual and some reddit threads. So my anki learning steps are 10m and relearning are 10 m The manual says when i press good i should see that card again but when i a see a new card ( blue) and i press good once it graduates to 6 days ![Screenshot_20250719_202908_AnkiDroid](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/7/3/739c99237da101042cb5e9b77b53f43c9128271a.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20250719_202932_AnkiDroid](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/d/6/d6294efe77b7da326aea77b4ec031fab5f726924.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/2 "2025-07-19T15:34:22Z")
> [@saadrehman212004](#): > > The manual says when i press good i should see that card again but when i a see a new card ( blue) and i press good once it graduates to 6 days Provide a link. ---
**Author:** ![saadrehman212004](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/saadrehman212004/32/33952_2.png) [@saadrehman212004](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/saadrehman212004)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/3 "2025-07-19T15:35:49Z")
> **[Deck Options - Anki Manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#learning-steps)** > > Anki's user manual. Anki is a flashcard program that makes learning easier. When you click Good on a new card or after the 1 minute step, it moves to the next step, and is shown again in 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Keks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/keks/32/20537_2.png) [@Keks](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Keks)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/4 "2025-07-19T15:42:27Z")
> For example, let’s say that your learning steps are `1m 10m 1d` . > > - When you click **Good** on a new card or after the 1 minute step, it moves to the next step, and is shown again in 10 minutes. In the example from the manual, the card goes to the second Learning Steps equal to 10 minutes. You have only one Learning Steps. Therefore, the card completes Learning and becomes a Review card. ---
**Author:** ![saadrehman212004](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/saadrehman212004/32/33952_2.png) [@saadrehman212004](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/saadrehman212004)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/5 "2025-07-19T15:43:59Z")
Oh is there a formula calculating how many days or hours will be next time if i press good first time in first time seeing it ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/6 "2025-07-19T18:21:24Z")
If you have 1 learning step – yes, it’s the scheduling algorithm, FSRS. You can think of the number of learning steps as – how many times you need to grade your answer Good before the algorithm takes over. There’s no formula for what learning steps or how many learning steps are right for every user. Generally 1 short (5-30m) learning step is enough, but if you feel like an additional step would help you, you can add that. The 1st step will be for when you get a New card wrong – how many minutes you want to wait to try that card again. The 2nd step will be for after you’ve gotten a New card right once, but you aren’t ready to accept it being scheduled for another day yet. If you’ve got a good amount of review history, you can use a feature in the FSRS Helper add-on that compiles how you’ve done on cards after you grade them the first time – Step Stats. If you’re curious, that’s a good way to see what learning steps might be right for you. [https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/759844606#:~:text=Steps%20Stats](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/759844606#:~:text=Steps%20Stats) ---
**Author:** ![saadrehman212004](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/saadrehman212004/32/33952_2.png) [@saadrehman212004](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/saadrehman212004)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/7 "2025-07-19T18:37:42Z")
Thanks for replying i get it now FSRS showed 317s and 48m as learning step this mean that if i press good first time it will show me that card again after 48 mins right? Also how many reviews are good to consider FSRS suggested learning step I have done 1068 reviews for one month now ![Screenshot_20250719_233708_AnkiDroid](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/5/b/5b6bdad879b0a694542b231c0217068fb35a28f4.jpeg) Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/8 "2025-07-19T21:05:29Z")
> [@saadrehman212004](#): > > FSRS showed 317s and 48m as learning step this mean that if i press good first time it will show me that card again after 48 mins right? Correct. As you can see, that 48m step is probably only helpful if you either have a study session that’s over an hour long, or if you plan to come back later in the day for another study session. You might be able to come up with a better step length yourself by interpreting the table (which is admittedly confusing, but starts to make sense after a while). You want as much data as possible, so be sure you’re casting a wide net. If you have a lot of small decks, make sure you have the parent deck selected, or set it to “collection” – and choose a long time-period, 1y or deck life. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/f/3/f3acc8032fd96f253a944274acc0d05274f3c1e2.png) > [@saadrehman212004](#): > > Also how many reviews are good to consider FSRS suggested learning step > > I have done 1068 reviews for one month now That is how many cards you have due _in the future_ – not how many reviews you’ve done already. ---
**Author:** ![saadrehman212004](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/saadrehman212004/32/33952_2.png) [@saadrehman212004](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/saadrehman212004)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/need-help-in-understanding-learning-steps/64232/9 "2025-07-20T17:30:25Z")
Thank you so much ---
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