The total user count is meaningless. Look at the monthly active users. That gives a good picture. And those are the correct links and graphs.

(The total users mainly show how the Reddit exodus happened. Lots of people made an account and used it once. Thus the steep incline in users. But they’re not real, just zombie records. Also it’s heavily affected by instances moving, shutting down or doing maintenance. Also lots of people here have multiple accounts. And there is some degree of farming and bot records…)