That metric is very misleading. That is the number of Google accounts that didn’t go through the effort of disconnecting from / opting out of Google+. For a fe

That metric is very misleading. That is the number of Google accounts that didn’t go through the effort of disconnecting from / opting out of Google+. For a few years, all new accounts were automatically enrolled in Google+. It’s likely an extremely inflated number compared to the number of users that engaged with Google+ social features. Citation: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/01/google-doubles-plus-membership-with-brute-force-signup-process/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/01/google-doubles-plus-...