I agree @ebothgrateful @rkreddy nailed it with his comment and the data from @stephenkendal blog post is very encouraging.
The 1 st million is always the hardest. Once the network affect begins to take hold and the exponential growth starts to kick in the milestone of 2 million and future milestones will be much easier and faster to obtain.
I pitty the fools that were early believers and investors (mentally and financially) in this platform when what you just described above happens! ;-)