you should also take a look at the size of the transactions in total aka mempool size.
https://blockchain.info/charts/mempool-sizebecause the restrictive factor is not the "number of transactions" but the size of them because of the 1 MB limit of blocks.
There is no point in requesting the users to hold back their transactions. Because most of the transactions are from margin traders and gamblers.
don't pay much attention to that topic, it was a bad joke from someone who was advertising an altcoin.