And there you go... on and on about numbers. You should have taken a look when my post was made and you will see that it was in the morning and not before midnight. Those are just a fraction of players that are active.
If you don't see them it doesn't mean they are not there. People log in, heal some creatures, do the story, have a few fights etc etc and log out. That's what this game is about, and you going on and on about how stretched is the player base is in fact stretched too.