After you propose, it used to say exactly how many other proposals the project has.
Here:
Martina P wrote:What are you talking about? It's been a range since I joined upwork 366 days ago, i've never seen an exact number.
Happy Upwork "birthday", Martina! 
Hi Abinadab and others,
There were inconsistencies with how proposal count displayed on the job posting and on the proposal page. Recently it's been addressed to make sure it's the same. Proposal ranges are now shown on both pages instead of a specific number.
Thanks!
Hi Richard,
Please, refer to the announcement post I linked in my earlier reply for more information about why a decision was made to show ranges instead of an exact number of proposals back in 2016. At this point I'm not aware of any plans to show exact number of proposals in the future but if anything changes, we'll let the Community know.
Richard S wrote:
Valeria, thank you for your reply, but are you actually expecting to me look through a 45 page thread from 3 years ago to try and find an answer?
No, I'm not, Richard. Unless you wish to do that and have extra time. I was referring to Lena's original announcement that started the thread. I'll quote it below:
Lena E. wrote:
Hi everyone,
In recent weeks some of you have pointed out the inconsistencies you’ve seen regarding the number of freelancers applying to an open job post (thread).
These differences made it difficult for some of you to properly evaluate whether or not to submit proposals. To help resolve this confusion, we’re making some updates later this week to the information that appears on job post and proposal pages (see below for an example).
Our goal with these changes is to provide a consistent view of the activity on an open job post. So freelancers can more accurately gauge the competition for jobs with the same consistent information displayed before and after they submit a proposal.
Here is a summary of the updates you can expect:
What’s changing?
1. Under the “Client Activity on this Job” section (see below) you’ll see the following changes:
- Alongside “Proposals,” instead of showing a specific number we’ll show the following range: <5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-50, >50.
- This range will include all proposals with the exception of:
- Proposals that were withdrawn by the freelancer;
- Proposals declined or archived by the client;
- Job invitations the freelancer has not responded to, or clients have withdrawn.
- Clients will continue to be able to access all proposals submitted to their job post by clicking “Show More” on their applicant page.
- We will be removing the “Proposals” section that shows the list of freelancers who have applied for this job. Today, this list doesn’t update as quickly as we’d like and it doesn’t include the names of freelancers who are declined, archived, or who withdraw their submissions. This has confused many freelancers who expect their names to be added to the list immediately after submitting a proposal. We may consider including different, more meaningful information in this area in the future but as of now, eliminating this section seems the most appropriate step.
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