diff --git a/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php b/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
index 8dc6661e..63aa2700 100644
--- a/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
+++ b/app/Metrics/App/WikiMetrics.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public function saveMetrics(Wiki $wiki): void {
         $monthlyActions = $this->getNumberOfActions(self::INTERVAL_MONTHLY);
         $quarterlyActions = $this->getNumberOfActions(self::INTERVAL_QUARTERLY);
         $numberOfEntities = $this->getNumberOfEntities();
+        $totalNumberOfUsers = $this->getTotalUserCount();
         $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType = $this->getNumberOfUsersPerActivityType();
 
         $dailyMetrics = new WikiDailyMetrics([
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public function saveMetrics(Wiki $wiki): void {
             'entity_schema_count' => $numberOfEntities['640'],
             'monthly_casual_users' => $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType[0],
             'monthly_active_users' => $monthlyNumberOfUsersPerActivityType[1],
+            'wiki_user_count' => $totalNumberOfUsers,
         ]);
 
         // compare current record to old record and only save if there is a change
@@ -210,4 +212,16 @@ 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)->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+        return $result['total_users'];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php b/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php
index e75ec45a..be7548a7 100644
--- a/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php
+++ b/app/WikiDailyMetrics.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class WikiDailyMetrics extends Model {
         'entity_schema_count',
         'monthly_casual_users',
         'monthly_active_users',
+        'wiki_user_count',
 
     ];
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ class WikiDailyMetrics extends Model {
         'entity_schema_count',
         'monthly_casual_users',
         'monthly_active_users',
+        'wiki_user_count',
     ];
 
     public function areMetricsEqual(WikiDailyMetrics $wikiDailyMetrics): bool {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_10_16_055552_add_total_user_count.php b/database/migrations/2025_10_16_055552_add_total_user_count.php
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..75c294c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_10_16_055552_add_total_user_count.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('wiki_daily_metrics', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->integer('total_user_count')->nullable()->default(null);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('wiki_daily_metrics', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('total_user_count');
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/tests/Jobs/UpdateWikiDailyMetricJobTest.php b/tests/Jobs/UpdateWikiDailyMetricJobTest.php
index bdbbb484..d566385e 100644
--- a/tests/Jobs/UpdateWikiDailyMetricJobTest.php
+++ b/tests/Jobs/UpdateWikiDailyMetricJobTest.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public function testRunJobForAllWikisIncludingDeletedWikis() {
             'property_count' => 0,
             'lexeme_count' => 0,
             'entity_schema_count' => 0,
+            'wiki_user_count' => 0,
         ]);
 
         $this->assertDatabaseHas('wiki_daily_metrics', [
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public function testRunJobForAllWikisIncludingDeletedWikis() {
             'property_count' => 0,
             'lexeme_count' => 0,
             'entity_schema_count' => 0,
+            'wiki_user_count' => 0,
         ]);
     }
 }