# Validating user count

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/validating-user-count/288736
**Category:** Data & reporting
**Created:** [December 14, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/validating-user-count/288736 "2023-12-14T20:03:04Z")
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### Author: ![Eunice\_Ahn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eunice_ahn/32/348930_2.png) [@Eunice\_Ahn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eunice_Ahn)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/validating-user-count/288736/1 "2023-12-14T20:03:04Z")

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I’m looking to evaluate the users in our forum and need help getting to the same user count. Looking at two data sources (admin dashboard and user table), I am seeing a discrepancy between the counts.

I tried filtering on the active column and am still having a higher count in user table vs. the admin dashboard.

I queried users showing up in user table but not admin dashboard and they do not show up. My theory is these users are deleted, but I am not sure what column to query on to confirm. Any suggestions?

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### Author: ![anon36555649](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anon36555649](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36555649)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/validating-user-count/288736/2 "2023-12-14T23:17:14Z")

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Hi Eunice,

The user list in the admin dashboard includes accounts that are not validated accounts, such as anyone who has only sent in e-mails not registered and bot/system accounts.

If accounts have been deleted then they will no longer display on the user table or admin dashboard.

Hope that helps