the applicants # can be misleading because I think its just counting clicks. But that said there tends to be 500-1k+ easy applying to jobs at major companiesRecruiters used to be so hype when they reached out.
Now it's like eh to them these days. Makes me wonder if it is even real or they have it out there to pump the numbers up.
Every job on linkedin that is tech has over a 100 applicants within minutes, see the same job app a month later.
You dogfood out here