Willy
The active users figure (during the last month?) is quoted as 225,377 for Combined BOINC users.
I have been monitoring the active users for 4 months plus and I observe this, at present, to be 182,885 by listing the the users by credits in the last month from highest to lowest. The last user with just 1 credit is the 182,885th so how can there possibly be another 42,500 odd further active users?

Something here doesn't add up. Could you please give an explanation for what I am not taking into account?

I have a strong suspicion that there is a long delay by SETI in processing data and that your figures are as good as can be expected from the delayed information you have received from them.

Keith

Active users are users that got credit in the last month, so either credits/day, credits/week or credits/month is greater than 0.

Willy
Thanks for explanation, but which I do not understand.
How is it possible for there to be users who have credits in the last day or in the last week that have no credits in the last month?
As the last day and the last week are an integral part of the last month, it seems to me to be impossible.
Keith

credit/day can be zero while credit/week has a value.

Willy

I absolutely agree that credit/day can be zero when either credit/week or credit/month has a value.
And credit/week can be zero when credit/month has a value.
But surely, taking credit/month total, all users are included?
Whenever credit/day or credit/week has a value, credit/month must necessarily have a value, surely?
I cannot see a fallacy in this argument. Maybe I am missing something here?

To sum up, my argument (amended 4th January to current credit figures then) is that:
(1) credit/month is a total of all users active in the month to date. 186,885
(2) credit/week is total of all users active in week to date (and will be included in (1) ). 182,520
(3) credit/day is total of all users in the last day (and will also be included in both (1) & (2) ). 145,552

But I noticed the following apparent anomalies on 2nd January:
Nathan Schmidt had 296,248 credit/day, but zero credit/week and zero credit/month.
That does not make sense?
NOTE: There are two users with this name. These do not agree with the details from the projects.
FCA had 222,670 credit/day, -9,262 credit/week, but zero credit/month.
Even more bizarre?
NOTE: There are two users called FCA. If aggregated the credit/day and credit/week figures agree.
But the total for credit/month is shown as zero on both. (These details found 9th January.)

Keith