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.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    I imagine the simplest solution would be to add up the subscriber count of each instance you’re federated with and show a ‘federated subscribers’ count per community.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      The instance that the community is on has the total list, and since the active user count is accurate I presume it’s already sending that information in some way. Easiest would be to include it with that data, I’d think.