Active Users Metrics

Discussions center on clarifying distinctions between daily active users (DAU), monthly active users (MAU), total accounts, and registrations, often questioning reported user numbers for tech platforms.

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Sample Comments

city41 Jun 27, 2017 View on HN

How did you conclude it's active daily users?

onlinemantas Jun 27, 2017 View on HN

AFAIK, this is the amount of daily & active users.

jonknee Jul 22, 2010 View on HN

The 500m figure was for active users. I'm not sure they announce exactly what that means, but typically it's a sign in during the past ~30 days.

the_common_man Oct 23, 2017 View on HN

Does 'millions of users' mean active users? Like those who login everyday?

encoderer Jan 3, 2014 View on HN

That IS active users. They have far more accounts. Last I read, 1.1bn MAUs.

javajosh Feb 15, 2017 View on HN

Do you have numbers on your active users?

AntiqueFig Mar 5, 2024 View on HN

He's quoting the daily active users, not the number of accounts.

lostmsu Oct 8, 2018 View on HN

Do you mean active users? Because I doubt there's even 10kk there.

brown9-2 Apr 18, 2011 View on HN

Anyone know if that is 25 million active users or 25 million registrations?

simonw May 4, 2012 View on HN

That's 500 million daily active users - they ave nearly a billion monthly actives, and the total number of user accounts wasn't mentioned in the article.