Hey @michaelluchies there is a difference between Users visit, registered users and active one. Yep arround 9M users visit each month but for the active and registered users in total we re over 900k according to the latest Steemit Statistics – 2018.05.05 :
For more info this is a usefull link my friend : https://steemit.com/statistics/@arcange/steemit-statistics-20180505-en
I understand what you're saying, but I feel like saying "9M users visit" is misleading, rather than the truth -- there are 9M visits by users.