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Not all seeds are online 24/7. Sometimes leaving the torrent running for hours or days can allow you to download it when that PC/server gets switched on.
Right, but it wouldn't show those people in the seed number. If it says there are 9 seeders, that means that 9 are actually online right now.
Yes, or at least 9 when the seed numbers were last checked, which shouldn't change too quickly.
As for why seed numbers listed on trackers are significantly larger than those found by actual clients, who knows.
Okay but there are plenty of real-world reasons that you might not be able to download from those seeds.