# Consume Data

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [streaming-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming-full.txt)

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-   [Consumer Offsets](consumer-offsets/)

    Redpanda uses an internal topic, `__consumer_offsets`, to store committed offsets from each Kafka consumer that is attached to Redpanda.

-   [Follower Fetching](follower-fetching/)

    Learn about follower fetching and how to configure a Redpanda consumer to fetch records from the closest replica.