How to get "unique visitors" number in google analytics?

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I am not that much of a newb, but I am lost here.
This article suggests that "users" = unique visitors. Which is is being debunked in comments, where they find out that "users" is actually both returning and new visitors.
They point you out to audience>behavior> new vs returning where "new" is supposed to be unique visitors. However I noticed that even that is false:

I just installed analytics on a new site and on 8th of October I see 2 "users" which is both me (I am sure based on all the data). And when I go to "new vs returning" it still displays me as 2 "new" visitors, while in reality it should be 1 "new" and 1 "returning", because it was me, with the same Ip on the same day.

Where can I see real "unique visitors"? It will be definitely important and as I see now - same visitors are being registered as unique and new while it is false.

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Im tracking the Visitors with Google Webmaster tools and second is Hosting - I use Hostgator they have unique visitors results in their Cpanel. Might look at that as well and compare.

Though I would suggest that the data is not really that solid cause as always its an overview i.e 80% of it is real
 
Member8200 said:
Im tracking the Visitors with Google Webmaster tools and second is Hosting - I use Hostgator they have unique visitors results in their Cpanel. Might look at that as well and compare.

Though I would suggest that the data is not really that solid cause as always its an overview i.e 80% of it is real
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Google analytics is way more accurate compared to hosting (awstats etc) which counts even bots as a visitors. For instance my analytics can say 10 visitors daily, yet Awstats show 40/daily and so on. Although when you view unique visitors (by month) in awstats then the number looks real, but by day - not so much.

Anyway - suggesting alternatives to analytics is not the point of this thread. Fact is that unique visitors is crucial information and it must be displayed somewhere in analytics. Question is where?
 
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