I'm assuming the Facebook dashboard is measuring user connections, while the Akamai measures everyone connecting to any Akamai resource. Apples to oranges reall

I'm assuming the Facebook dashboard is measuring user connections, while the Akamai measures everyone connecting to any Akamai resource. Apples to oranges really, and the Facebook one is not gonna give a fair view of the current state, better to trust dashboard from companies providing infrastructure instead of user-facing apps.