Thread:Casualkirk/@comment-9605025-20160814220913/@comment-9605025-20160816042947

I made that assumption as well. However, I suspected something funny when the list never changed; even after some of those people hadn't been around for 1+ years. I did some digging and found out that "Active Users" was just the label given to the navigation bar. The magic word used is actually "topusers" which, as it sounds, does not necessarily mean active users. I am guessing it uses some formula that gives heavy weight to the number of edits one has made. That would explain how you and I got near the top and, in particular, why Brockrb is still listed first.