OK, here's what I did...
Added {$disqus_comments_count} to both files again.
I added the code right after {$rankings_custom_fields} in both files.
After uploading the files to my serer I went to admin and checked the Disqus box marked "Display comments count? Used by rankings"
Then I went to my site and made a couple of test posts after logging in to Disqus with Google+. (I only have two members and only have the Disqus code on the Stats.html pages.)
I then closed everything and cleared my cache so I could go back to my site as a "not logged in" viewer of my site and looked again for a post count.
There is a post count but I think that might be part of Disqus.
I don't see a post count anywhere else.
Added {$disqus_comments_count} to both files again.
I added the code right after {$rankings_custom_fields} in both files.
After uploading the files to my serer I went to admin and checked the Disqus box marked "Display comments count? Used by rankings"
Then I went to my site and made a couple of test posts after logging in to Disqus with Google+. (I only have two members and only have the Disqus code on the Stats.html pages.)
I then closed everything and cleared my cache so I could go back to my site as a "not logged in" viewer of my site and looked again for a post count.
There is a post count but I think that might be part of Disqus.
I don't see a post count anywhere else.