In a support discussion titled Whether digest mail data displayed is from user last seen or Week by Week data?, Anand_Tambey seeks clarification on whether the weekly digest emails reflect cumulative activity since a user’s last visit or strictly weekly site-wide data. They propose two scenarios to illustrate their understanding — that digest data is weekly, not user-specific — and ask for confirmation. pfaffman confirms that digest stats reflect site-wide weekly activity, not user-specific unread or unseen counts, noting that user counts wouldn’t vary per recipient. Anand_Tambey then asks if it’s possible to replace weekly user additions with cumulative totals. In a follow-up post, they highlight a discrepancy: while digest emails show 3 new users for the Feb 26th week, sign-up reports indicate 5 new users signed up between Feb 21–23. They question whether digest counts reflect sign-ups or active new users, suggesting the metric may differ from raw registration data. The thread centers on digest email logic, user activity tracking, and potential mismatches between reported and actual sign-up figures.
One inactive user for three weeks gets three weekly digest summary mail with X,Y,Z users added while one is away.
2, One user is inactive in the first week, active in the second week, inactive in the third week gets two weekly digest summary mail with X, Z users added while one is away.
So my observation is new topics, unread notifications, and users added information is just weekly information and not counted from when the user last visited otherwise in 2nd scenario, two mails with X users added and (Y+Z) users added would have been received.
Yes. I believe that this stats are for the site, not how many of those things have not been seen by the user (how would the number of new users be different for any other user?)
Looks like the count of users in the digest emails have some discrepancies. Is it different from the new users signed up? Or Whether it is about new users active in the community?
Following is the count of new users as per the weekly digest mail and then the report of new user’s sign-ups
count of new users as per the weekly digest mail
Feb 5th Digest - 5 new users (Looks ok)
Feb 12th Digest - 9 new users (Looks ok)
Feb 19th Digest - 10 new users (Looks ok)
Feb 26th Digest - 3 new users (Looks different)
Sign-ups report on days
January 30, 2023 1
February 1, 2023 1
February 2, 2023 1
February 3, 2023 2
February 6, 2023 2
February 7, 2023 4
February 8, 2023 1
February 9, 2023 1
February 11, 2023 1
February 12, 2023 1
February 13, 2023 3
February 15, 2023 1
February 16, 2023 2
February 17, 2023 2
February 18, 2023 1