Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Comparison of populations for December going back to 2014:


My reason for making these is to give a sense of if it has fluctuated this much at comparable months or patches.

There are some obvious possible reasons it spiked so high before and returned to how it was: Covid, and the game going viral. Sure, people are quick to blame the content and issues they have, but objectively those were factors that caused spikes around that time.
That graph doesn't really align with covid. It shows a slight downturn in december 2020, which is after everyone was isolated at home.