# Google auth and what is a "user"?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-auth-and-what-is-a-user/8556>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 6, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-auth-and-what-is-a-user/8556 "2020-05-06T03:22:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amanda\_Peterson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/amanda_peterson/32/6362_2.png) [@Amanda\_Peterson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amanda_Peterson)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-auth-and-what-is-a-user/8556/1 "2020-05-06T03:22:21Z")

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What is a “user”? If my app has 59 users but i also have google auth for sign in, with only 5 email addresses, can are the 54 users just opening up the page but then not doing anything with it?

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-auth-and-what-is-a-user/8556/2 "2020-05-06T03:26:47Z")

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I’m gonna refer to this answer by Mark, hope it helps

> [@Analytics in Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/t/analytics-in-glide/1232/3):
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> That number you see in Glide is the number of unique devices used to access your app, as reported by Google Analytics. Glide will of course offer better analytics at some point, but we can’t give you a timeline for that yet.

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**Author:** ![Amanda\_Peterson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/amanda_peterson/32/6362_2.png) [@Amanda\_Peterson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Amanda_Peterson)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-auth-and-what-is-a-user/8556/3 "2020-05-06T04:46:17Z")

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got it, thank you both! 🙂
