diff --git a/src/api/home.ts b/src/api/home.ts
index 0f359c60..79fe1602 100644
--- a/src/api/home.ts
+++ b/src/api/home.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 import { buildUrl } from './utils'
 
-export const getActiveUserCount = async (): Promise<number> => {
-  try {
-    const response = await fetch('/api/active-users')
-
-    const data = await response.json()
-
-    if (data.success && typeof data.activeUsers === 'number') {
-      return data.activeUsers
-    }
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Failed to fetch active user count:', error)
-  }
-
-  return 0
-}
-
 export const getGlobalStats = async () => {
   const res = await fetch(buildUrl('auth/global_stats'))
   const data = await res.json()
diff --git a/src/components/Home/HomeHero.tsx b/src/components/Home/HomeHero.tsx
index d40e4cea..f5ad0d1c 100644
--- a/src/components/Home/HomeHero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Home/HomeHero.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from 'src/lib/analytics'
 
 import { PlayType } from 'src/types'
-import { getGlobalStats, getActiveUserCount } from 'src/api'
+import { getGlobalStats } from 'src/api'
 import { AuthContext, ModalContext } from 'src/contexts'
 import { AnimatedNumber } from 'src/components/Common/AnimatedNumber'
 
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ export const HomeHero: React.FC<Props> = ({ scrollHandler }: Props) => {
     puzzle_games_total: number
     turing_games_total: number
   }>()
-  const [activeUsers, setActiveUsers] = useState<number>(0)
   const { setPlaySetupModalProps } = useContext(ModalContext)
   const { user, connectLichess } = useContext(AuthContext)
 
@@ -139,22 +138,6 @@ export const HomeHero: React.FC<Props> = ({ scrollHandler }: Props) => {
     return () => clearInterval(interval)
   }, [])
 
-  // Fetch active users count and set up periodic updates
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const fetchActiveUsers = async () => {
-      const count = await getActiveUserCount()
-      setActiveUsers(count)
-    }
-
-    // Fetch immediately
-    fetchActiveUsers()
-
-    // Update every 5 minutes
-    const interval = setInterval(fetchActiveUsers, 5 * 60 * 1000)
-
-    return () => clearInterval(interval)
-  }, [])
-
   return (
     <Fragment>
       <BetaBlurb />
@@ -263,15 +246,6 @@ export const HomeHero: React.FC<Props> = ({ scrollHandler }: Props) => {
           </div>
         </div>
         <motion.div className="flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-6 px-2">
-          {activeUsers > 0 && (
-            <p className="text-center text-base text-white/80">
-              <AnimatedNumber
-                value={activeUsers}
-                className="font-bold text-white"
-              />{' '}
-              recent users
-            </p>
-          )}
           <p className="text-center text-base text-white/80">
             <AnimatedNumber
               value={globalStats?.play_moves_total || 0}
@@ -286,15 +260,13 @@ export const HomeHero: React.FC<Props> = ({ scrollHandler }: Props) => {
             />{' '}
             puzzles solved
           </p>
-          {activeUsers <= 0 && (
-            <p className="text-center text-base text-white/80">
-              <AnimatedNumber
-                value={globalStats?.turing_games_total || 0}
-                className="font-bold text-white"
-              />{' '}
-              turing games played
-            </p>
-          )}
+          <p className="text-center text-base text-white/80">
+            <AnimatedNumber
+              value={globalStats?.turing_games_total || 0}
+              className="font-bold text-white"
+            />{' '}
+            turing games played
+          </p>
         </motion.div>
       </div>
     </Fragment>
diff --git a/src/pages/api/active-users.ts b/src/pages/api/active-users.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index db010a45..00000000
--- a/src/pages/api/active-users.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
-
-type Data = {
-  activeUsers: number
-  success: boolean
-  error?: string
-}
-
-// In-memory cache
-let cachedUsers: { value: number; timestamp: number } | null = null
-const CACHE_DURATION = 5 * 60 * 1000 // 5 minutes
-
-/**
- * API endpoint to get active user count from PostHog
- * This keeps the PostHog API key secure on the server side
- */
-export default async function handler(
-  req: NextApiRequest,
-  res: NextApiResponse<Data>,
-) {
-  if (req.method !== 'GET') {
-    return res.status(405).json({
-      activeUsers: 0,
-      success: false,
-      error: 'Method not allowed',
-    })
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const now = Date.now()
-
-    // Serve from cache if not expired
-    if (cachedUsers && now - cachedUsers.timestamp < CACHE_DURATION) {
-      return res.status(200).json({
-        activeUsers: cachedUsers.value,
-        success: true,
-      })
-    }
-
-    // Fetch fresh data
-    let activeUsers = await fetchActiveUsersFromPostHog()
-
-    if (activeUsers === null || activeUsers < 400) {
-      activeUsers = Math.floor(Math.random() * (425 - 400 + 1)) + 400
-    }
-
-    if (activeUsers !== null) {
-      cachedUsers = {
-        value: activeUsers,
-        timestamp: now,
-      }
-
-      return res.status(200).json({
-        activeUsers,
-        success: true,
-      })
-    }
-
-    throw new Error('Failed to retrieve active users')
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Error in active-users API:', error)
-    const activeUsers = Math.floor(Math.random() * (425 - 400 + 1)) + 400
-    return res.status(200).json({
-      activeUsers,
-      success: true,
-      error: 'Internal server error',
-    })
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Fetch active users from PostHog Insights API (server-side only)
- */
-async function fetchActiveUsersFromPostHog(): Promise<number | null> {
-  const posthogUrl = process.env.POSTHOG_URL || 'https://us.posthog.com'
-  const projectId = process.env.POSTHOG_PROJECT_ID
-  const personalApiKey = process.env.POSTHOG_API_KEY
-
-  const url = `${posthogUrl}/api/projects/${projectId}/query/`
-
-  const now = new Date()
-  const sevenDaysAgo = new Date(
-    now.getTime() - 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 7 days ago
-  ).toISOString()
-
-  try {
-    const response = await fetch(url, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        Authorization: `Bearer ${personalApiKey}`,
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        query: {
-          kind: 'HogQLQuery',
-          query: `
-            SELECT count(DISTINCT person_id) as recent_users
-            FROM events
-            WHERE event = '$pageview'
-              AND timestamp > toDateTime('${sevenDaysAgo}')
-          `,
-        },
-      }),
-    })
-
-    if (!response.ok) {
-      const errorText = await response.text()
-      throw new Error(errorText)
-    }
-
-    const data = await response.json()
-    return data.results[0][0]
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Error fetching recent users:', error)
-    return null
-  }
-}