I am rated around 1500 in rapid here, in another famous website, similar to chess.com, I am rated 1700+. We have probably much more people playing here, right?
That probably has little or nothing to do with the difference.
But it doesn't matter. Ratings aren't measuring anything absolute, like the temperature that water freezes or boils.
They just predict how you will do against others on that site using that time control.
/ One factor is that different sites use different starting points.
I am rated around 1500 in rapid here, in another famous website, similar to chess.com, I am rated 1700+. We have probably much more people playing here, right?