diff --git a/app/controllers/static_controller.rb b/app/controllers/static_controller.rb
index 6ca9c5e5..16958be3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/static_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/static_controller.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ class StaticController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def about
-    @users = User
-      .where.not(confirmed_at: nil)
-      .where(permanently_banned: false)
-      .where(banned_until: nil)
-      .where('answered_count > 0')
-      .count
+    user_count = User
+                 .where.not(confirmed_at: nil)
+                 .where("answered_count > 0")
+                 .count
 
+    current_ban_count = UserBan
+                        .current
+                        .joins(:user)
+                        .where.not("users.confirmed_at": nil)
+                        .where("users.answered_count > 0")
+                        .count
+
+    @users = user_count - current_ban_count
     @questions = Question.count
     @answers = Answer.count
     @comments = Comment.count
diff --git a/lib/exporter.rb b/lib/exporter.rb
index be446f7f..58191699 100644
--- a/lib/exporter.rb
+++ b/lib/exporter.rb
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ class Exporter
   private
 
   def collect_user_info
-    %i(answered_count asked_count ban_reason banned_until comment_smiled_count commented_count
+    %i(answered_count asked_count comment_smiled_count commented_count
        confirmation_sent_at confirmed_at created_at profile_header profile_header_h profile_header_w profile_header_x profile_header_y
        profile_picture_w profile_picture_h profile_picture_x profile_picture_y current_sign_in_at current_sign_in_ip
-       id last_sign_in_at last_sign_in_ip locale permanently_banned
+       id last_sign_in_at last_sign_in_ip locale
        privacy_allow_anonymous_questions privacy_allow_public_timeline privacy_allow_stranger_answers
        privacy_show_in_search profile_header_file_name profile_picture_file_name
        screen_name show_foreign_themes sign_in_count smiled_count updated_at).each do |f|
diff --git a/spec/controllers/static_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/static_controller_spec.rb
index 125ddacc..4b43c7b1 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/static_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/static_controller_spec.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ require "rails_helper"
 describe StaticController, type: :controller do
   describe "#about" do
     subject { get :about }
-    
+
     before(:each) {
       FactoryBot.create(:user, { confirmed_at: Time.current, answered_count: 1 })
-      FactoryBot.create(:user, { permanently_banned: true })
-      FactoryBot.create(:user, { banned_until: Time.current + 10.days })
+      FactoryBot.create(:user, { confirmed_at: Time.current, answered_count: 1 }).ban
       FactoryBot.create(:user, { confirmed_at: Time.current })
+      FactoryBot.create(:user, { confirmed_at: Time.current }).ban
     }
 
     it "shows the correct user count" do
diff --git a/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
index dd7a4986..b86087b6 100644
--- a/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/exporter_spec.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'rails_helper'
-require 'exporter'
+require "rails_helper"
+require "exporter"
 
 RSpec.describe Exporter do
   let(:params) { {
     answered_count: 144,
     asked_count: 72,
-    ban_reason: nil,
-    banned_until: nil,
     comment_smiled_count: 15,
     commented_count: 12,
     confirmation_sent_at: 2.weeks.ago.utc,
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ RSpec.describe Exporter do
     last_sign_in_at: 1.hour.ago,
     last_sign_in_ip: '192.0.2.14',
     locale: 'en',
-    permanently_banned: false,
     privacy_allow_anonymous_questions: true,
     privacy_allow_public_timeline: false,
     privacy_allow_stranger_answers: false,