# Data Explorer 'anonymous\_users' table

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-anonymous-users-table/346610>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** data-explorer\
**Created:** [January 11, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-anonymous-users-table/346610 "2025-01-11T03:35:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-anonymous-users-table/346610/1 "2025-01-11T03:35:07Z")

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Hey  
The ‘anonymous users’ table in [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) is returning a list of actual users with user\_id. They’re not really ‘anonymous’ nor ‘anonymized.’

It’s not making any sense and I’m trying to understand what this table is and why the random list of 46/11000 users are in that list.

You can run:

```plaintext
SELECT * FROM anonymous_users

```

This table is referred to on the repo as: [discourse/app/models/anonymous\_user.rb at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/models/anonymous_user.rb)

Any clue?

Thanks!

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