Is it me or has HALO 3's counter updated.....

Not updated but improved to how it was in the old days. So I go on HALO 3 It says 29115 and im surprised at how much the population is then I play a match then it becomes 28990 then after another match it became 29500.

Usually the population stays same for most of the day and changes once usually. Whats going on?

Well yesterday it said 600 for me but i was able to get matches really fast i think it may be broken still.

Mine ranges from ~2000-~20000 depending on the day. But it does update more frequently for me it seems