You can use https://lemmyverse.net/ to check actual subscriber numbers.

Edit: Why YSK: New users of Lemmy can find the number low and think that a community is dead or inactive, when infact it might be a thriving place with a lot of activity.

  • henfredemars@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This sounds like a bug to me. At a minimum, it should be renamed to local subscribers rather than imply that it’s the total count.