so maybe that active user count above is something like weekly active
Every instance provides its MAU publically on request, but there’s no centralized server they all send their MAU to proactively. Third party websites trying to display an overall MAU have to manually check instances, for which they need to be aware of them to. Then add up the numbers.
As a result, different sites can display different MAU because they’re aware of and checking different instances.
There’s no weekly active users provided by instances, so I really doubt it’s that. Instances only provide monthly and half year numbers.
Every instance provides its MAU publically on request, but there’s no centralized server they all send their MAU to proactively. Third party websites trying to display an overall MAU have to manually check instances, for which they need to be aware of them to. Then add up the numbers.
As a result, different sites can display different MAU because they’re aware of and checking different instances.
There’s no weekly active users provided by instances, so I really doubt it’s that. Instances only provide monthly and half year numbers.