# Get active users - via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api/382295>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [September 11, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api/382295 "2025-09-11T08:36:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api/382295/8 "2025-09-11T09:23:18Z")

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Yes, I am currently using the user data obtained from the API here, but it does not match the total number of `users_count` on Meta: `{site url}/about.json`. I want to analyze the reason.

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