Roblox accused of lying to investors about user numbers by Hindenburg Research. A short-seller report claims Roblox intentionally includes bots and alt accounts in its user numbers and fails to ...

Roblox has more users than the entire world population - 8,228,760,226+ accounts in total. Some accounts may not be valid or in use, possibly including bots, alts, and terminated accounts. Despite ...

While Roblox has said that it can’t differentiate alt accounts from main ones (a process called “de-alting”), Hindenburg sources, including former Roblox employees, say otherwise.

A research company accused Roblox of inflating its active user counts and enabling predatory behavior. ... which means adjusting for alt accounts to get a more accurate picture of player count, ...

The research alleges that Roblox can separate alt accounts from single users, even though the company’s disclosure says daily active users “are not a measure of unique individuals accessing ...