function bbp_get_user_topic_count_raw( $user_id = 0 ) {
	$user_id = bbp_get_user_id( $user_id );
	$bbp_db  = bbp_db();
	$statii  = "'" . implode( "', '", bbp_get_public_topic_statuses() ) . "'";
	$sql     = "SELECT COUNT(*)
			FROM {$bbp_db->posts}
			WHERE post_author = %d
				AND post_type = %s
				AND post_status IN ({$statii})";

	$query   = $bbp_db->prepare( $sql, $user_id, bbp_get_topic_post_type() );
	$count   = (int) $bbp_db->get_var( $query );

	// Filter & return
	return (int) apply_filters( 'bbp_get_user_topic_count_raw', $count, $user_id );
}