diff --git a/did/plugins/github.py b/did/plugins/github.py
index aaa73d73..10212b1d 100644
--- a/did/plugins/github.py
+++ b/did/plugins/github.py
@@ -253,11 +253,13 @@ def fetch(self):
         query = "search/issues?q=commenter:{0}+updated:{1}..{2}".format(
             user, since, until)
         query += "+type:issue"
+        approx = getattr(
+            self.options, f"{self.parent.option}_approximate_commented", False)
         self.stats = [
             Issue(issue, self.parent)
             for issue in self.parent.github.search(query)
             # Additional filter for the comments by user in the interval
-            if self.parent.github.has_comments(issue, user, since, until)
+            if approx or self.parent.github.has_comments(issue, user, since, until)
         ]
 
 
@@ -289,11 +291,13 @@ def fetch(self):
         query = "search/issues?q=commenter:{0}+updated:{1}..{2}".format(
             user, since, until)
         query += "+type:pr"
+        approx = getattr(
+            self.options, f"{self.parent.option}_approximate_commented", False)
         self.stats = [
             Issue(issue, self.parent)
             for issue in self.parent.github.search(query)
             # Additional filter for the comments by user in the interval
-            if self.parent.github.has_comments(issue, user, since, until)
+            if approx or self.parent.github.has_comments(issue, user, since, until)
         ]
 
 
@@ -359,6 +363,11 @@ def __init__(self, option, name=None, parent=None, user=None):
             user=config.get("user"),
             repo=config.get("repo"))
 
+        self.github = GitHub(self.url, self.token)
+        self.add_argument(
+            f"--{option}-approximate-commented", action="store_true",
+            help="If set, the filter to check if the user actually commented issues or "
+            "pull requests is not applied. It is recommended for long reports")
         # Create the list of stats
         self.stats = [
             IssuesCreated(
diff --git a/did/stats.py b/did/stats.py
index 2d302443..5a35dfca 100644
--- a/did/stats.py
+++ b/did/stats.py
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ class StatsGroup(Stats, metaclass=StatsGroupPlugin):
     # Default order
     order = 500
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.arguments = []
+
+    def add_argument(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """ A wraper around _ArgumentGroup to add global options for StatsGroup """
+        self.arguments.append(([*args], {**kwargs}))
+
     def add_group(self, parser):
         """ Add option group and all children options. """
 
@@ -147,6 +155,9 @@ def add_group(self, parser):
         for stat in self.stats:
             stat.add_option(group)
 
+        for args, kwargs in self.arguments:
+            group.add_argument(*args, **kwargs)
+
         group.add_argument(
             "--{0}".format(self.option), action="store_true", help="All above")
 
diff --git a/tests/basic/smoke/test.sh b/tests/basic/smoke/test.sh
index c1377077..6a843cd1 100755
--- a/tests/basic/smoke/test.sh
+++ b/tests/basic/smoke/test.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseStartTest
-        rlRun "did --test last quarter"
+        rlRun "did --test --github-approximate-commented last quarter"
     rlPhaseEnd
 rlJournalEnd