diff --git a/src/analytics.js b/src/analytics.js
index 903a520d18..5d71d161a8 100644
--- a/src/analytics.js
+++ b/src/analytics.js
@@ -238,26 +238,23 @@ Analytics.getDailyStatsForSet = async function (set, day, numDays) {
 		set = `analytics:${set}`;
 	}
 
+	const daysArr = [];
 	day = new Date(day);
 	// set the date to tomorrow, because getHourlyStatsForSet steps *backwards* 24 hours to sum up the values
 	day.setDate(day.getDate() + 1);
 	day.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
 
-	async function getHourlyStats(hour) {
+	while (numDays > 0) {
+		/* eslint-disable no-await-in-loop */
 		const dayData = await Analytics.getHourlyStatsForSet(
 			set,
-			hour,
+			day.getTime() - (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (numDays - 1)),
 			24
 		);
-		return dayData.reduce((cur, next) => cur + next);
-	}
-	const hours = [];
-	while (numDays > 0) {
-		hours.push(day.getTime() - (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (numDays - 1)));
+		daysArr.push(dayData.reduce((cur, next) => cur + next));
 		numDays -= 1;
 	}
-
-	return await Promise.all(hours.map(getHourlyStats));
+	return daysArr;
 };
 
 Analytics.getUnwrittenPageviews = function () {
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js b/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
index 193476f1af..ac9f4fc130 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
@@ -128,13 +128,12 @@ async function getStats() {
 	}
 
 	let results = await Promise.all([
-		getStatsFromAnalytics('uniquevisitors', 'uniqueIPCount'),
+		getStatsForSet('ip:recent', 'uniqueIPCount'),
 		getStatsFromAnalytics('logins', 'loginCount'),
 		getStatsForSet('users:joindate', 'userCount'),
 		getStatsForSet('posts:pid', 'postCount'),
 		getStatsForSet('topics:tid', 'topicCount'),
 	]);
-
 	results[0].name = '[[admin/dashboard:unique-visitors]]';
 
 	results[1].name = '[[admin/dashboard:logins]]';