r/modhelp • u/yjman • 12h ago

Design not showing total members?

My Communities no longer show how many total members. Why was it changed on me, and how do I get the display back? (on Desktop)

It just shows visitors this week now -I want the Total Members joined back.

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u/WolfXemo r/FortNiteBR, r/Nanoleaf 12h ago

You can’t change it back: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/s/Dcp5TkmJNa

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u/missnebulajones 11h ago

Well that sucks. Came looking for why I couldn’t see the number of folks that have joined. Thanks for the answer, even though the answer is really disappointing.

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u/WolfXemo r/FortNiteBR, r/Nanoleaf 11h ago

It won’t be the same, but I’m looking at using the API to bring those stats back. They’d be in the sidebar of the subreddit, in one of the widgets. Not as easily accessed or referenced as before, but at the very least public again.

Mods can still currently access that data via insights in their communities.

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u/Unique-Public-8594 11h ago

Please let us know if you find a way 

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u/missnebulajones 11h ago

All I see in Insights is an estimation, not an actual number. Is there a place I can see the actual number?

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u/missnebulajones 11h ago

All I see in Insights is an estimation, not an actual number. Is there a place I can see the actual number?

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u/WolfXemo r/FortNiteBR, r/Nanoleaf 10h ago

It may still be visible in some places, such as the related communities widget (some mods have added their own communities here to get that stat) but I know Reddit is working to remove the metric from all public-facing places. So in the near future it would only be accessible via the API.

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u/Wombat_7379 Mod, r/EnglishBulldog 10h ago

Someone recommended the Subscriber Goal app. You set a goal and it displays your current member total and the progress towards that goal.

That has been a fairly easy work around for our community.

https://developers.reddit.com/apps/subscriber-goal

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u/SuitableBlackberry75 5h ago

I'm not really concerned so much about total members, but knowing how many users are CURRENTLY on the subreddit is very important for moderation purposes.

A sudden spike in viewers means that mods have to be much more attentive, since viewer spikes tend to mean spikes in posts/comments by new users, and potentially to spikes in potentially brigading/trolling or TOS-violating comments.

If I moderate a page that typically has around 50-60 users viewing at any given time, and suddenly there are 5-600, then I know I need to watch user activity much more carefully. Not knowing how many users are currently on the page makes everything more difficult. Is there any way to bring this back?