# Icons in Discourse Discover are very misleading

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-discourse-discover-are-very-misleading/395814
**Category:** General
**Tags:** discourse-discover
**Created:** [11 februari 2026 om 15:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-discourse-discover-are-very-misleading/395814 "2026-02-11T15:29:48Z")
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### Author: ![typed-sigterm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/typed-sigterm/32/504463_2.png) [@typed-sigterm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/typed-sigterm)
#### Post date: [11 februari 2026 om 15:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-discourse-discover-are-very-misleading/395814/1 "2026-02-11T15:29:48Z")

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When I first see the numbers, I can’t believe my eyes. For example [Epic Developer Community Forums](https://forums.unrealengine.com/) actually has 4,862,548 users but Discourse Discover shows 33,000.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/4/6/846f12eee84387f7302f6884d49959ce8a54e142.jpeg)

Later when I’m writing a bug report and switching between browser tabs, my mouse hovers the icon…

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/2/7/c2715e7c8237972c7c407f21ca2c1d90ba35ca9f.jpeg)

😂 I will never know the number means `signed-in users active in the past 30 days`, not `total users` if I’m not lucky enough.

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