Yes we can not count in by that way. Bitcoin is so anonimously so no one can trace it.  If we take data from some site in internet at 2015 the number of people who using bitcoin is 10 million people. I think the number of it is grow at this time. I just guest the number of people who using bitcoin is reach 20 million people.  Thats only my opinion, becouse impossible for us to count the actual number.

The only thing I know is the history of each transaction in different exchange platform, but it will be hard to determine it. Because some of the member in bitcoin world has multiple account or email that they can create.

People in poor countries would rather do hard labour instead of investing into Bitcoin because they first of all don't even know about it, and second of all, they don't have access to it. In rich countries, people have more exposure and are more likely to use Bitcoin.

Op and most people here talking non important things but these kind of assumptions are great also on which we could able to here the different opinions of each bitcoin users. Regarding to the topic theres no accurate or precise number of bitcoin users all over the world since transactions and bitcoin addresses are anonymous and  theres no statistical survey regarding to this matter.

Even if all stores were accepting Bitcoin, then it will receive its Bitcoin related revenue from Bitcoiners, and not the average person that is still using fiat. You know why? You first have to obtain Bitcoin through whatever way in order to start spending it. With fiat, you can spend it right away with zero fees. So tell me, why would a non Bitcoiner even consider taking the step to buy Bitcoin, and then spend it when he can purchase everything with fiat already? It's an unnecessary extra step that doesn't make sense.


Fiat is a horrible store of value, and I personally find that it shouldn't be seen as such where the value part does not make any sense as fiat currencies around the world only lose value. So yes, Bitcoin is the leader in this aspect, but I have already pointed out this feature to be more important in the coming years. People are looking to escape this slavery system. Bitcoin is perfect for that.

Strictly speaking, we don't know that

And we can't claim anything in this respect since merchants aren't yet accepting Bitcoin, at least, in massive numbers as of today. Having said that, I'm still inclined to think that you omit a very important detail in your considerations. You just assume that merchants all of a sudden start accepting bitcoins without taking into account why and when they would actually want to do that. And if we are going to think carefully about this issue, we would have to admit that such level of acceptance could be possible only if there is already a full-fledged closed-loop Bitcoin economy existing. In these circumstances your average Joe wouldn't ever need to do anything special to get bitcoins since he would almost certainly be paid with bitcoins directly


That goes without saying

yes the number of bitcoin users really effect bitcoin, if the number of its users is increase bitcoin is becoming more stronger and stronger, hope that a time will come when all the people of the world will be using bitcoin, and then bitcoin will the most popular and trusted decentralized currency of the world.

That is easy to understand that if the price to bitcoin is growing now then must be the number of bitcoin users is growing as well. So that results by users of bitcoin that we saw a month ago are not the same with current number of users.

It is hard to know the actual number of user like you said we are anonymous and many users are using alt accounts.. it is not a problem since the price is increase it  is a sign that we are more people are using bitcoin and we will see the large pulation in bitcoin in the future