diff --git a/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php b/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
index 8998debc..c67ea78d 100644
--- a/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
+++ b/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public function saveMetrics(Wiki $wiki): void {
         $quarterlyActions = $this->getNumberOfActions(self::INTERVAL_QUARTERLY);
         $numberOfEntities = $this->getNumberOfEntities();
         $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType = $this->getNumberOfUsersPerActivityType();
-        $numberOfUsersPerWiki = $this->getTotalUserCount();
+        $numberOfUsersPerWiki = $wiki->wikiSiteStats()->first()->users ?? 0;
 
         $dailyMetrics = new WikiDailyMetrics([
             'id' => $wiki->id . '_' . date('Y-m-d'),
@@ -212,17 +212,4 @@ 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 $result['total_users'] ?? null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php b/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php
index af9d84ef..f594502f 100644
--- a/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Metrics/WikiMetricsTest.php
@@ -363,63 +363,4 @@ public function testSavesEntityCountsCorrectly($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),
-        ]);
-    }
 }