diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 28bf7b9a5..146a3f519 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ diaspora.yml file**. The existing settings from 0.4.x and before will not work a
 * Fix code overflow for the mobile website [#5675](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5675)
 * Strip Unicode format characters prior post processing [#5680](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5680)
 * Disable email notifications for closed user accounts [#5640](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5640)
+* Total user statistic no longer includes closed accounts [#5041](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5041)
 
 ## Features
 * Don't pull jQuery from a CDN by default [#5105](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5105)
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 8c2810e75..74c8a6ffa 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -526,6 +526,11 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
 
+
+  def self.total_users
+    User.joins(:person).where(:people => {:closed_account => false}).where.not(:username => nil)
+  end
+
   private
   def clearable_fields
     self.attributes.keys - ["id", "username", "encrypted_password",
diff --git a/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb
index dd766f02c..d07913e3d 100644
--- a/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/statistics_presenter.rb
@@ -122,4 +122,4 @@ class StatisticsPresenter
     }
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 37ad3a8e0..80b024cc1 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1089,5 +1089,18 @@ describe User, :type => :model do
       @user.after_database_authentication
       expect(@user.remove_after).to eq(nil)
     end
+
+  describe "total_users" do
+    before do
+      @user1 = FactoryGirl.build(:user, :username => nil)
+      @user1.save(:validate => false)
+      @user2 = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+      @user2.person.closed_account = true
+      @user2.save
+    end
+
+    it "returns total_users excluding closed accounts & users without usernames" do
+      expect(User.total_users.count).to eq 5     #5 users from fixtures
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb b/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb
index 1dd94dff1..354ad0031 100644
--- a/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/presenters/statistics_presenter_spec.rb
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ describe StatisticsPresenter do
           "name" => AppConfig.settings.pod_name,
           "network" => "Diaspora",
           "version" => AppConfig.version_string,
-          "registrations_open" => AppConfig.settings.enable_registrations?,
-          "total_users" => User.count,
+          "registrations_open" => AppConfig.settings.enable_registrations,
+          "total_users" => User.total_users.count,
           "active_users_halfyear" => User.halfyear_actives.count,
           "active_users_monthly" => User.monthly_actives.count,
           "local_posts" => @presenter.local_posts,