I wonder what measure is being used here. Searching with restricted works included, I see <14.9 million, and <13 million without restricted works. Including deleted works would increase the number way too much, so maybe it's counting works in unreleased collections?
That has occurred to me the last time already. My theory is that due to unposted drafts, since they are already database entries with an assigned work ID; but just remain invisible for us until they get posted, the hidden figure is higher than the total number displayed when you press enter with the search bar left blank. Deleted works don't count in either figure.
I could be wrong, but it's the only explanation that comes into my mind.
It seems they're going by whatever count is on the frontpage (when not logged in), which is currently just over 15 million, so that means it's possible to check what the actual code is doing there. As best I can tell, it's just counting how many works are "posted", which I believe would be false for drafts but true for works in unrevealed collections.
Ah, yes, that could make sense. Works in unrevealed collections might not show up in the search, where I normally get the number from, so the number of results when just pressing enter (technically searching for all works posted) will be lower. Never thought about that, actually ...
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