Using the "initial data" and various Screenshots posted by ObiWanKenobi2016, and myself, I put the data for ACTIVE SQUAD TOTALS and COMMANDER TOTALS for each FACTION into Microsoft Excel and created two "Trend Charts" as follows:
GSoW Galaxy-Wide Stats - 05-01-2020

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SWC Active Squads by Faction Trend Analysis

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⇨ NOTE: "Active Squads" was not shown on KSoD (predecessor to GSoW) until 6/1/18 as shown in the post found here.
SWC Commanders by Faction Trend Analysis

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DATA SOURCES:
- 8/30/17 to 3/1/19 - Here KSoD Data (scroll down on post)
- 4/3/19 - Here GSoW Data Baseline
- 5/8/19 - Here Post first SWC Event and Conflicts since Zynga took over.
- 6/3/19 - Here
- 7/5/19 - Here
- 8/6/19 - Here
- 9/1/19 - Here First Report following SWC 5th Anniversary Game Changes.
- 10/15/19 - Here
- 11/1/19 - Here
- 12/5/19 - Here Post-Release of both The Mandaloran Show - and - Pre-Release of Star Wars: Episode IX.
- 1/4/20 - Here Post-Release of Star Wars: Episode IX.
- 2/4/20 - Here
- 3/3/20 - Here
- 4/2/20 - Here First Report Following Game Closure Announcement
- 5/1/20 - (See Above) Second Report Following Game Closure Announcement
- As expected, the overall "trend" for the number of Active Squads in both the Empire Faction and the Rebel Faction continue to show a ⬇ Decrease.
- As expected, the number of Commanders in both the Empire Faction and the Rebel Faction now show a ⬇ Marked Decrease mostly due to "Player Retirements" and moving to "other" Games and/or Activities.
- When looking at the most recent "trend" it shows that while the number of Commanders are dropping, there are some Squads still attempting to remain Active as they try to continue the fight until the end.
- REMINDER: Values shown are for Players that are in a Squad and do not reflect the number of Players still playing SWC but have chosen to not join or be in a Squad.