# Thunkable App 100+ devices fetching data simultaneously from Airtable. Possible?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357 "2021-08-30T05:52:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![anshumanmujlslj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@anshumanmujlslj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anshumanmujlslj)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357/1 "2021-08-30T05:52:39Z")

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Hey, If my App is downloaded by hundreds of people how many requests can Airtable handle simultaneously ?  
To fetch data from Airtable sheet?

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**Author:** ![ozel1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@ozel1978](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ozel1978)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357/2 "2021-08-30T06:27:18Z")

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airtable not heavy database. i guess if your block design in smooth way. should not be any problem i think.

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**Author:** ![anshumanmujlslj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@anshumanmujlslj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/anshumanmujlslj)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357/4 "2021-08-30T06:28:58Z")

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Will the Thunkable data source using google sheets work??

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**Author:** ![vishruth-ram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@vishruth-ram](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vishruth-ram)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357/5 "2021-08-30T06:45:23Z")

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airtable,sheets,exel,bigQuery.= etc can work and sharing across many devices is purpose.

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**Author:** ![martint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/martint/32/96689_2.png) [@martint](https://community.thunkable.com/u/martint)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357/6 "2021-08-30T07:54:00Z")

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Airtable documentation:

# Rate Limits

The API is limited to 5 requests per second per base. If you exceed this rate, you will receive a 429 status code and will need to wait 30 seconds before subsequent requests will succeed.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-100-devices-fetching-data-simultaneously-from-airtable-possible/1476357/7 "2024-11-08T13:17:03Z")

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