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by tatersolid 2169 days ago
“Unique IPs” is a terrible metric, and has been for more than a decade.

Carrier grade NAT, corporate networks, VPN service users, etc. all will share the same source IPv4 address.

In IPv6, the opposite is the case: clients will change their IPs frequently for privacy reasons resulting in an overcount.