Yeah I had the same thought about the account creation metric, I agree that X is such a new name that increased searches about its name don't really mean much.

Yeah I had the same thought about the account creation metric, I agree that X is such a new name that increased searches about its name don't really mean much. The overall usage stat does line up with X's own claims about traffic though. i.e. X is saying that traffic is higher than it has ever been and this source suggests the same as well.