Strava segment question ...

[Tiny01]

Evening all ,

I'm a new Strava user & starting to find my way around it & understand how to star & un star segments but I'm a little confused as to what the number next to the star actually means / relates to , please could someone advise if possible thankyou

I'll attach a picture to explain the 3 next to the star I don't get ?

 

[kiriyama]

I believe it's how many people have star'd the segment. More popular segments tend to have have more stars. I may be wrong though!