diff --git a/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php b/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
index 8dc6661e..8998debc 100644
--- a/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
+++ b/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public function saveMetrics(Wiki $wiki): void {
         $quarterlyActions = $this->getNumberOfActions(self::INTERVAL_QUARTERLY);
         $numberOfEntities = $this->getNumberOfEntities();
         $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType = $this->getNumberOfUsersPerActivityType();
+        $numberOfUsersPerWiki = $this->getTotalUserCount();
 
         $dailyMetrics = new WikiDailyMetrics([
             'id' => $wiki->id . '_' . date('Y-m-d'),
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public function saveMetrics(Wiki $wiki): void {
             'entity_schema_count' => $numberOfEntities['640'],
             'monthly_casual_users' => $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType[0],
             'monthly_active_users' => $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType[1],
+            'total_user_count' => $numberOfUsersPerWiki,
         ]);
 
         // compare current record to old record and only save if there is a change
@@ -210,4 +212,17 @@ private function getNumberOfEntities(): array {
 
         return $result;
     }
+
+    private function getTotalUserCount() {
+        $wikiDb = $this->wiki->wikiDb;
+        $tableUser = "{$wikiDb->name}.{$wikiDb->prefix}_user";
+        $query = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_users FROM $tableUser";
+        $manager = app()->db;
+        $manager->purge('mw');
+        $conn = $manager->connection('mw');
+        $pdo = $conn->getPdo();
+        $result = $pdo->query($query)->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+        return $result['total_users'] ?? null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php b/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php
index e75ec45a..94ca15b3 100644
--- a/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php
+++ b/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class WikiDailyMetrics extends Model {
         'entity_schema_count',
         'monthly_casual_users',
         'monthly_active_users',
+        'total_user_count',
 
     ];
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class WikiDailyMetrics extends Model {
         'entity_schema_count',
         'monthly_casual_users',
         'monthly_active_users',
+        'total_user_count',
     ];
 
     public function areMetricsEqual(WikiDailyMetrics $wikiDailyMetrics): bool {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_12_07_204557_add_total_user_count_to_wiki_daily_metrics.php b/database/migrations/2025_12_07_204557_add_total_user_count_to_wiki_daily_metrics.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54fe369f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_12_07_204557_add_total_user_count_to_wiki_daily_metrics.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration {
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void {
+        Schema::table('wiki_daily_metrics', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->integer('total_user_count')->nullable()->default(null);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void {
+        Schema::table('wiki_daily_metrics', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('total_user_count');
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php b/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php
index a3df4e7b..af9d84ef 100644
--- a/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ public function testSavesEntityCountsCorrectly($expectedItemCount, $expectedProp
 
         // clean up after the test
         $wiki->forceDelete();
-        Schema::dropIfExists($tablePage);
 
         $this->assertDatabaseHas('wiki_daily_metrics', [
             'wiki_id' => $wiki->id,
@@ -364,4 +363,63 @@ public function testSavesEntityCountsCorrectly($expectedItemCount, $expectedProp
             'entity_schema_count' => $expectedEntitySchemaCount, // redirects should be ignored
         ]);
     }
+
+    public function testSavesTotalUserCountCorrectly() {
+        $wiki = Wiki::factory()->create([
+            'domain' => 'usercounttest.wikibase.cloud',
+        ]);
+
+        $users = [
+            [
+                'user_name' => 'user1',
+                'user_real_name' => 'user1',
+                'user_password' => 'user1',
+                'user_new_password' => 'user1',
+                'user_email' => 'user1@email.com',
+                'user_touched' => random_bytes(10),
+            ],
+            [
+                'user_name' => 'user2',
+                'user_real_name' => 'user2',
+                'user_password' => 'user2',
+                'user_new_password' => 'user2',
+                'user_email' => 'user2@email.com',
+                'user_touched' => random_bytes(10),
+            ],
+        ];
+        $wikiDb = WikiDb::first();
+        $wikiDb->update(['wiki_id' => $wiki->id]);
+
+        $tableUser = $wikiDb->name . '.' . $wikiDb->prefix . '_user';
+        Schema::dropIfExists($tableUser);
+        Schema::create($tableUser, function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->increments('user_id');
+            $table->string('user_name');
+            $table->string('user_real_name')->default(0);
+            $table->string('user_password', 255);
+            $table->string('user_new_password');
+            $table->string('user_email');
+            $table->binary('user_touched');
+        });
+
+        // Insert dummy data
+        DB::table($tableUser)->insert($users);
+        WikiDailyMetrics::create([
+            'id' => $wiki->id . '_' . now()->subDay()->toDateString(),
+            'wiki_id' => $wiki->id,
+            'date' => now()->subDay()->toDateString(),
+            'pages' => 0,
+            'is_deleted' => 0,
+        ]);
+
+        (new WikiMetrics)->saveMetrics($wiki);
+
+        // clean up after the test
+        $wiki->forceDelete();
+
+        $this->assertDatabaseHas('wiki_daily_metrics', [
+            'wiki_id' => $wiki->id,
+            'total_user_count' => count($users),
+        ]);
+    }
 }