# What are anonymous users exactly

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Created:** [July 11, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-anonymous-users-exactly/315898 "2024-07-11T09:50:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-anonymous-users-exactly/315898/1 "2024-07-11T09:50:54Z")

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The dashboard stats for my site show a lot of anonymous users. But what is an anonymous user exactly? Given the very specialist musicological nature of the site, I don’t think these as humans just casually browsing without an account - there’s too many of them. I’m confused because the stats show crawlers separately.

Any help understanding what this aspect of the stats mean would be appreciated.

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