Numbers of current users i mean 
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Since Zorin is not a commercial product like MS Windows, it is impossible to count the users. MS can use the number of licences they sold (including pre-installed system) but there is no such thing for Linux.
If you want to see the popularity of Zorin among Linux distros, you can check distrowatch.com
It is a great starting point for distro hopping.
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Okay thank u
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ZorinGroup wanted the same answer to that question; Therefor Zorin OS comes with Zorin Census pre-installed.
Zorin Census does not track, read, record or report any data on your computer. The only function it performs is to ping if used. As open source, this is (and has been) independently checked and any user can do the same.
As far as how many users- I heard a rumor that it was around 1 million active Zorin OS users. How accurate that rumor is, I do not know.
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It seems to be on place 14. Not bad.
Most of them are me and my gadgets/computers. 
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Would be quite interested to see the numbers of paid vs free users.
If 1 mill, would hope there'd at least be 100K paid. Sadly that sounds
highly unlikely.
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Kinda weird I don't remember posting this ahahhaha 
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Now Google's AI reports:
While an exact, publicly available number of Zorin OS users isn't available, there are estimates and information suggesting around 1 million active users.
basing itself on this very topic (thread) here.
Isn't it interesting how rumours spread? (as a general phenomenon)
Makes you wonder if some (ex, state actors) don't take advantage of such a thing, given the popularity of AI-generated answers especially with younger generation.
There are many nebulous sources. But it is not easy to nail down a simple final number.
Distro hopping creates fluidity.
We think of Distro Loyalty, but many GnuLinux users are scamps. We get around, you know?
A person might use Mint on one machine, Zorin on another - At one point, I had MX on one, Linux Lite on another and Zorin OS Lite on the last.
Downloads is likely the most applicable number, due to the number of downloads; per edition, reflecting in each edition consistently, suggests sustained use:
Celebrating 15 Years of Zorin OS - Zorin.
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Incredibly rude and true. Althought to be fair, if they weren't getting rid of their XFCE version, I wouldn't be testing a ton of distros in the limited spare time I have right now.
EDIT: The "rude and true" is mostly a jab at myself, as I fit into this category a lot. I realize that may not have come across when I first typed it.
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I am unashamed of my infidelity. I know what I want. 
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I agree that it's apparently all we have, but I'd only count one as user if he/she kept using that downloaded distribution for at least, say, a month.
Who is "they"?
@vic The Zorin group.
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Yes, this is why I pointed out the repeating of the number, per edition release.
So if we see a same number for 15, 16, 17...
We can exclude the overages.
So if it is 15: 1.1 million
16: 1.4 million
17: 1.3 million...
We can conclude a likely 1.1 million are consistent users.
I'd say that's the minimum/consistent nr of downloads.
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I am not saying this is an accurate number, indeed... pointing out that nailing down an accurate number is not so easy.
But if 1.1 million people are consistently downloading with each release; it is indicative for a number we can assume as a likely range.
If we look at only downloads - of only Zorin OS 17; then we have no frame of reference to compare it against.
But if we include the earlier edition releases... 12, 15, 16 with 17, we can see a pattern emerge.
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Your original reply (emphasis mine)
and I don't see anything wrong with that - it's an informal forum.
My intention was to point out how Google's AI dressed it up to the level of "estimates and information" for its short summary -- which can (and will) mislead the many that tend to rely on AI, as an example of what can happen more generally on the internet.
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Well said. And very true.
Admittedly, I, as a human being and not A.I.
And as a person who is not using A.I. to generate my posts.
Can make mistakes, too.
I worded this poorly. Being too brief, I summarized all of the above as a "rumor" at that time and the ambiguity of it without the detail we see above that only emerged under questioning.
There is a lesson in that for a humanity that is too thrilled with YouTube shorts and soundbites.
Even the real ones.
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