FF14 player count reached the lowest point in 4 years. We lost 75% of the playerbase.

[Dante131]

Except we already know there's a difference between JP and NA. JP tend to do the content more out of respect for the devs putting it out. So they try things more than NA does. NA tends to do only what they like more. I don't know what JP subbing habits are, but NA has a large tendency to unsub until the next thing they want to do comes along. If Steam's usage has a regional majority, then you may see behavior in those players that is different and could skew the data.

they are respecting it so hard that red dots appear on the screen just jokeing.