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How (and when) to consolidate communities? (A guide) (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [M] to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Why consolidate communities?

One of the advantages of a decentralized platform like Lemmy is the ability to create parallel communities on the same topic. "You don't like how a community is being moderated? Go to another instance and start your own community!" (with or without blackjack and hookers)

However, this is a double-edged sword. The creation of multiple communities on the same (or similar) topics can also fragment the userbase, leading to very sparsely populated communities.

A few perspectives in favour of consolidation: (click to expand)https://sh.itjust.works/comment/11171955

I think until there’s some tool or system that helps collate all the information out here, fragmentation is detrimental to growth.

I’m not going to copy and paste the same comment with every mirrored post.

So sometimes commenting feels like a waste of time.

Centralizing helps ensure that there’s vibrant, consistent discussion which is what Lemmy should be about.

https://lemmy.ca/comment/8823953

I like this because people showing up to those communities might think that topic doesn’t have activity on Lemmy, when it actually does.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/8370860

I sometimes think that unmoderated communities should be closed, and just be left and locked with a pointer to the active one. In case an issue arises with the active one, they can still be unlocked and used as back up.

Credits to @Ashyr@sh.itjust.works, @otter@lemmy.ca, and @Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone

How consolidate communities?

While consolidating communities can counteract userbase fragmentation, it is not an easy process for users to do, and so I thought I'd write up and share this guide.

Taking inspiration from @popcar2@programming.dev's excellent blogpost, let's imagine a hypothetical scenario where the pancake userbase on Lemmy is heavily fragmented, could benefit from consolidation.

Step 1: Identify duplicates

Search lemmyverse.net/communities for 'pancakes', as well as common synonyms (hotcake, griddlecake, flapjack). In our hypothetical scenario, we get the following search results:

  • [!pancakes@lemmya.net](/c/pancakes@lemmya.net) (active)
  • [!pancakes@lemmyb.net](/c/pancakes@lemmyb.net) (inactive)
  • [!pancakes@lemmy.food](/c/pancakes@lemmy.food) (active)
  • [!flapjacks@lemmya.net](/c/flapjacks@lemmya.net) (inactive)

Open each community on its home instance, note the frequency of posts, and check whether the moderators are active. From this, you will often get a hunch for what might be the best community to consolidate to. To avoid centralization on large instances, it is typically recommended to consolidate towards smaller instances, provided that they are well managed.

Step 2: Solicit input

Create a post on !fedigrow@lemmy.zip. The post should contain the following:

  1. A brief reminder on the detriments of userbase fragmentation and the advantages of consolidation.
  2. The list of duplicate communities you've identified for a given topic.
  3. An invitation for discussion and, optionally, your recommendation of a community to consolidate to.

Example post here (electric vehicles).

Once you have posted, create a top-level comment for each community in which you reach out to the moderators, administrators, and contributors for their opinions.

Example comments: (click to expand)

Paging [!pancakes@lemmya.net](/c/pancakes@lemmya.net) active moderator @buckwheat_forever@lemmya.net

Would you be open to consolidating this community with one on another instance, perhaps [!pancakes@lemmy.food](/c/pancakes@lemmy.food)?

Also paging active contributor @maple_syrup_or_die@lemmy.ca for their thoughts.

[!pancakes@b.net](/c/pancakes@b.net) moderator @spez_ruins_pancakes@lemmyb.net is inactive.

Paging admin @the_boss@lemmyb.net. Would you be open to consolidating this community with one on another instance, perhaps [!pancakes@lemmy.food](/c/pancakes@lemmy.food)?

Paging [!pancakes@lemmy.food](/c/pancakes@lemmy.food) moderator @cast_iron_queen@lemmy.food

How would you feel about a potential influx of posters and commenters from other instances? Would you be open to adding additional moderators, perhaps those who were active contributors or moderators in pancake communities on other instances?

These comments will hopefully spark discussion among the pancake enthusiasts on Lemmy.

There will often be users advocating for consolidation to whichever community currently has the most subscribers/activity. When this community is on of the larger instances, feel free to gently remind people of the risks of centralization.

If any two communities agree to consolidate, you can move onto step 3.

Step 3: Consolidate communities

When a decision is reached between any two communities, one community can then be closed, and redirect users to the other. You should recommend that the moderator take the following actions:

Example comment: (click to expand)

Would you be able to do the following?

  1. Lock [!pancakes@b.net](/c/pancakes@b.net) by checking "Only moderators can post to this community"
  2. Create one final post on [!pancakes@b.net](/c/pancakes@b.net) announcing the consolidation to [!pancakes@lemmy.food](/c/pancakes@lemmy.food)
  3. Rename the community to "[Dormant] moved to [!pancakes@lemmy.food](/c/pancakes@lemmy.food)"

Changing the community display name is particularly helpful for users when they are searching for communities.

When to NOT consolidate communities?

If there exist two active communities on the same topic, and they have a different significant difference in geographical focus, political leanings, or moderation style, these communities should not be consolidated. This would be an example of the advantages of parallel communities in the Fediverse.

TL;DR:

  • Find all the communities on a given topic (easy)
  • Convince people that consolidation is a good idea (medium)
  • Get people, many of whom may be reluctant to see a community on their home instance locked, to decide on which community to switch to (challenging)
  • Contact the moderators (or the admins, if the mods are inactive) of each of the n-1 communities and get them to lock each community, with appropriate links to the decided upon community (simple, but tedious)

It can be a bit of a pain-in-the-ass to do properly, and I've seen many more failures than successes, but given the potential benefit for the Fediverse as a whole, I thought I'd write up and share this guide. Feedback is welcome :)

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Where to request inactive or unmoderated communities? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [M] to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Most instances have a community where users can request the moderator role for inactive or unmoderated communities.

As each instance names these slightly differently, I have created a thread to collect as many as possible.

Lemmy

Mbin

  • fedia.io
  • kbin.earth
  • kbin.melroy.org
  • moist.catsweat.com
  • feddit.xyz

PieFed

Please comment below with equivalent communities and I'll add them to the list.

Note: When requesting the moderator role for a community, it is best to do so from a local account (same instance as the community) rather than a remote account. Many people (myself included) have encountered federation issues with some moderation actions when using a remote account.

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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 4 weeks ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260621) (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics@piefed.zip/p/1593834/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260621

Takeaways:

  • Positive Daily Growth (6+ of last 7 Days): Mbin(6/7), Loops(7/7)
  • Weekly Growth (>5%, >500 MAU): Mastodon(+13.6%), Loops(+9.4%)
  • Mastodon's big increase (100k MAU) looks suspect to me. It's all from one new instance, in Laos, with exactly 100,000 MAU. The instance exists and has posts and users, but I think I only saw ~30 posts over the last day (from 100k MAU).
  • After having a few months of continuous MAU loss, it looks like Lemmy has stabilized at a little over 35k MAU for the last month.
  • I uploaded this analysis code to Codeburg, because someone asked about it a while ago. Link at bottom labeled: "Analysis Code"

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4128 4134 4203 4328 5704 1813 1269 6179
Lemmy 35178 35169 35269 35363 36640 34963 46892 72618
Mbin 790 787 757 756 748 721 919 3967
Threadiverse 40096 40090 40229 40447 43092 37497 49080
Mastodon 826190 827027 727346 746647 757069 682749 734491 2737163
NodeBB 61227 61800 63117 63798 59763 33654 71444 76801
Pixelfed 104821 108441 102319 93002 106185 79849 135645 338813
Peertube 50211 50554 51002 47972 43928 28019 28702 53333
Writefreely 10379 10383 10318 15799 10501 989 10558 18802
Loops 4506 4500 4117 4152 5665 2141 28419 29821
Bookwyrm 1127 1200 1193 1164 1734 2816 2889 9429
NeoDB 1767 1763 1757 1751 1822 1830 1761 2025
Friendica 2447 2454 2464 2546 2469 1271 1778 4734
Forgejo 137 131 123 107 111 438 268 1168
Catodon 112 110 112 122 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 192 187 201 245 301 191 208 1114
Vernissage 150 154 161 158 118 68 84 168
Flohmarkt 14 16 12 17 21 12 0 40
Fediverse 1103376 1108810 1004471 1017927 1032779 871524 1065327

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -6 -75 -200 -1576 2315 2859 -2051
Lemmy 9 -91 -185 -1462 215 -11714 -37440
Mbin 3 33 34 42 69 -129 -3177
Threadiverse 6 -133 -351 -2996 2599 -8984
Mastodon -837 98844 79543 69121 143441 91699 -1910973
NodeBB -573 -1890 -2571 1464 27573 -10217 -15574
Pixelfed -3620 2502 11819 -1364 24972 -30824 -233992
Peertube -343 -791 2239 6283 22192 21509 -3122
Writefreely -4 61 -5420 -122 9390 -179 -8423
Loops 6 389 354 -1159 2365 -23913 -25315
Bookwyrm -73 -66 -37 -607 -1689 -1762 -8302
NeoDB 4 10 16 -55 -63 6 -258
Friendica -7 -17 -99 -22 1176 669 -2287
Forgejo 6 14 30 26 -301 -131 -1031
Catodon 2 0 -10 0 0 0 -16
Funkwhale 5 -9 -53 -109 1 -16 -922
Vernissage -4 -11 -8 32 82 66 -18
Flohmarkt -2 2 -3 -7 2 0 -26
Fediverse -5434 98905 85449 70597 231852 38049

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.1% -1.8% -4.6% -27.6% 127.7% 225.3% -33.2%
Lemmy 0.0% -0.3% -0.5% -4.0% 0.6% -25.0% -51.6%
Mbin 0.4% 4.4% 4.5% 5.6% 9.6% -14.0% -80.1%
Threadiverse 0.0% -0.3% -0.9% -7.0% 6.9% -18.3%
Mastodon -0.1% 13.6% 10.7% 9.1% 21.0% 12.5% -69.8%
NodeBB -0.9% -3.0% -4.0% 2.4% 81.9% -14.3% -20.3%
Pixelfed -3.3% 2.4% 12.7% -1.3% 31.3% -22.7% -69.1%
Peertube -0.7% -1.6% 4.7% 14.3% 79.2% 74.9% -5.9%
Writefreely -0.0% 0.6% -34.3% -1.2% 949.4% -1.7% -44.8%
Loops 0.1% 9.4% 8.5% -20.5% 110.5% -84.1% -84.9%
Bookwyrm -6.1% -5.5% -3.2% -35.0% -60.0% -61.0% -88.0%
NeoDB 0.2% 0.6% 0.9% -3.0% -3.4% 0.3% -12.7%
Friendica -0.3% -0.7% -3.9% -0.9% 92.5% 37.6% -48.3%
Forgejo 4.6% 11.4% 28.0% 23.4% -68.7% -48.9% -88.3%
Catodon 1.8% 0.0% -8.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -12.5%
Funkwhale 2.7% -4.5% -21.6% -36.2% 0.5% -7.7% -82.8%
Vernissage -2.6% -6.8% -5.1% 27.1% 120.6% 78.6% -10.7%
Flohmarkt -12.5% 16.7% -17.6% -33.3% 16.7% 0.0% -65.0%
Fediverse -0.5% 9.8% 8.4% 6.8% 26.6% 3.6%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4128 4702
Lemmy 35178 42843
Mbin 790 1329
Threadiverse 40096 48874
Mastodon 826190 979572
NodeBB 61227 10707
Pixelfed 104821 108501
Peertube 50211 45490
Writefreely 10379 9069
Loops 4506 4564
Bookwyrm 1127 3398
NeoDB 1767 1789
Friendica 2447 3150
Forgejo 137 1662
Catodon 112 0
Funkwhale 192 750
Vernissage 150 155
Flohmarkt 14 0
Fediverse 1103376 1217681

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).

Edit: added a couple commas

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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Idea: Contact open source projects to link back to their Lemmy/Piefed community (piefed.social)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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I noticed no open source projects link back to their lemmy communities. For example, GIMP’s social networks link does not list the GIMP community on lemmy world. See here: https://www.gimp.org/discuss.html#social-networks

I think these projects are not aware that a community for their project exists on Lemmy. If we contacted them to add links, I think it would help grow these communities and help people find them.

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Growth of the Fediverse (20260614) (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics@piefed.zip/p/1576951/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260614

Takeaways:

  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Vernissage (168)
  • Not a great week, most software lost users

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4203 4202 4202 4378 5493 1813 1079 6179
Lemmy 35269 35223 35318 35318 37557 35038 47066 72618
Mbin 757 758 757 755 785 728 916 3967
Threadiverse 40229 40183 40277 40451 43835 37579 49061
Mastodon 727346 731847 733466 743655 783003 681829 738272 2737163
NodeBB 63117 63893 64776 64887 52332 35702 69432 76801
Pixelfed 102319 102569 100185 87001 116530 83562 138973 338813
Peertube 51002 51250 52936 47725 41058 27682 28676 53333
Writefreely 10318 10375 18617 13683 8558 971 10506 18802
Loops 4117 3995 4182 4115 6009 2008 26563 29821
Bookwyrm 1193 1197 1184 1535 1573 2815 2866 9429
NeoDB 1757 1753 1770 1751 1850 1758 1748 2025
Friendica 2464 2457 2454 2486 2492 1289 1755 4734
Forgejo 123 123 114 112 103 411 277 1168
Catodon 112 112 119 119 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 201 202 204 247 303 196 213 1114
Vernissage 161 164 158 142 120 72 93 168
Flohmarkt 12 12 17 15 30 11 0 40
Fediverse 1004471 1010132 1020459 1007924 1057796 875885 1068435

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed 1 1 -175 -1290 2390 3124 -1976
Lemmy 46 -49 -49 -2288 231 -11797 -37349
Mbin -1 0 2 -28 29 -159 -3210
Threadiverse 46 -48 -222 -3606 2650 -8832
Mastodon -4501 -6120 -16309 -55657 45517 -10926 -2009817
NodeBB -776 -1659 -1770 10785 27415 -6315 -13684
Pixelfed -250 2134 15318 -14211 18757 -36654 -236494
Peertube -248 -1934 3277 9944 23320 22326 -2331
Writefreely -57 -8299 -3365 1760 9347 -188 -8484
Loops 122 -65 2 -1892 2109 -22446 -25704
Bookwyrm -4 9 -342 -380 -1622 -1673 -8236
NeoDB 4 -13 6 -93 -1 9 -268
Friendica 7 10 -22 -28 1175 709 -2270
Forgejo 0 9 11 20 -288 -154 -1045
Catodon 0 -7 -7 0 0 0 -16
Funkwhale -1 -3 -46 -102 5 -12 -913
Vernissage -3 3 19 41 89 68 -7
Flohmarkt 0 -5 -3 -18 1 0 -28
Fediverse -5661 -15988 -3453 -53325 128586 -63964

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed 0.0% 0.0% -4.0% -23.5% 131.8% 289.5% -32.0%
Lemmy 0.1% -0.1% -0.1% -6.1% 0.7% -25.1% -51.4%
Mbin -0.1% 0.0% 0.3% -3.6% 4.0% -17.4% -80.9%
Threadiverse 0.1% -0.1% -0.5% -8.2% 7.1% -18.0%
Mastodon -0.6% -0.8% -2.2% -7.1% 6.7% -1.5% -73.4%
NodeBB -1.2% -2.6% -2.7% 20.6% 76.8% -9.1% -17.8%
Pixelfed -0.2% 2.1% 17.6% -12.2% 22.4% -26.4% -69.8%
Peertube -0.5% -3.7% 6.9% 24.2% 84.2% 77.9% -4.4%
Writefreely -0.5% -44.6% -24.6% 20.6% 962.6% -1.8% -45.1%
Loops 3.1% -1.6% 0.0% -31.5% 105.0% -84.5% -86.2%
Bookwyrm -0.3% 0.8% -22.3% -24.2% -57.6% -58.4% -87.3%
NeoDB 0.2% -0.7% 0.3% -5.0% -0.1% 0.5% -13.2%
Friendica 0.3% 0.4% -0.9% -1.1% 91.2% 40.4% -48.0%
Forgejo 0.0% 7.9% 9.8% 19.4% -70.1% -55.6% -89.5%
Catodon 0.0% -5.9% -5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -12.5%
Funkwhale -0.5% -1.5% -18.6% -33.7% 2.6% -5.6% -82.0%
Vernissage -1.8% 1.9% 13.4% 34.2% 123.6% 73.1% -4.2%
Flohmarkt 0.0% -29.4% -20.0% -60.0% 9.1% 0.0% -70.0%
Fediverse -0.6% -1.6% -0.3% -5.0% 14.7% -6.0%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4203 4761
Lemmy 35269 42985
Mbin 757 1312
Threadiverse 40229 49058
Mastodon 727346 979072
NodeBB 63117 10342
Pixelfed 102319 106953
Peertube 51002 46691
Writefreely 10318 9026
Loops 4117 4136
Bookwyrm 1193 3500
NeoDB 1757 1783
Friendica 2464 3182
Forgejo 123 1659
Catodon 112 0
Funkwhale 201 751
Vernissage 161 164
Flohmarkt 12 0
Fediverse 1004471 1216317

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260607) (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics@piefed.zip/p/1558852/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260607

Takeaways:

  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube (53333), Writefreely (18802), Vernissage (166)

  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Peertube, NeoDB

  • Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): NodeBB (5.7%), Writefreely (6.1%), Bookwyrm (6.9%)

  • Nothing particularly interesting this week, beyond Peertube continuing to kill it (>20% in the last month).

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4202 4205 4184 4486 4926 1734 519 6179
Lemmy 35318 35366 35138 35517 39050 35173 47278 72618
Mbin 757 753 750 739 793 736 901 3967
Threadiverse 40277 40324 40072 40742 44769 37643 48698
Mastodon 733466 734236 743224 742967 777825 674907 739300 2737163
NodeBB 64776 65485 61301 66017 51369 37099 66861 76801
Pixelfed 100185 99895 102092 92007 128333 85244 138325 338813
Peertube 52936 53333 50878 42780 41062 26938 29425 53333
Writefreely 18617 18723 17554 5214 8626 958 10544 18802
Loops 4182 4162 4180 4011 6476 1988 26845 29821
Bookwyrm 1184 1184 1108 1904 1541 2811 2921 9429
NeoDB 1770 1768 1748 1753 1858 1715 1740 2025
Friendica 2454 2484 2516 2484 2531 1296 1808 4734
Forgejo 114 100 95 109 110 399 293 1168
Catodon 119 122 125 120 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 204 204 235 234 300 207 207 1114
Vernissage 158 158 163 130 95 64 93 166
Flohmarkt 17 17 22 16 38 5 0 40
Fediverse 1020459 1022195 1025313 1000488 1064933 871274 1067060

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -3 18 -284 -724 2468 3683 -1977
Lemmy -48 180 -199 -3732 145 -11960 -37300
Mbin 4 7 18 -36 21 -144 -3210
Threadiverse -47 205 -465 -4492 2634 -8421
Mastodon -770 -9758 -9501 -44359 58559 -5834 -2003697
NodeBB -709 3475 -1241 13407 27677 -2085 -12025
Pixelfed 290 -1907 8178 -28148 14941 -38140 -238628
Peertube -397 2058 10156 11874 25998 23511 -397
Writefreely -106 1063 13403 9991 17659 8073 -185
Loops 20 2 171 -2294 2194 -22663 -25639
Bookwyrm 0 76 -720 -357 -1627 -1737 -8245
NeoDB 2 22 17 -88 55 30 -255
Friendica -30 -62 -30 -77 1158 646 -2280
Forgejo 14 19 5 4 -285 -179 -1054
Catodon -3 -6 -1 0 0 0 -9
Funkwhale 0 -31 -30 -96 -3 -3 -910
Vernissage 0 -5 28 63 94 65 -8
Flohmarkt 0 -5 1 -21 12 0 -23
Fediverse -1736 -4854 19971 -44474 149185 -46601

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.1% 0.4% -6.3% -14.7% 142.3% 709.6% -32.0%
Lemmy -0.1% 0.5% -0.6% -9.6% 0.4% -25.3% -51.4%
Mbin 0.5% 0.9% 2.4% -4.5% 2.9% -16.0% -80.9%
Threadiverse -0.1% 0.5% -1.1% -10.0% 7.0% -17.3%
Mastodon -0.1% -1.3% -1.3% -5.7% 8.7% -0.8% -73.2%
NodeBB -1.1% 5.7% -1.9% 26.1% 74.6% -3.1% -15.7%
Pixelfed 0.3% -1.9% 8.9% -21.9% 17.5% -27.6% -70.4%
Peertube -0.7% 4.0% 23.7% 28.9% 96.5% 79.9% -0.7%
Writefreely -0.6% 6.1% 257.1% 115.8% 1843.3% 76.6% -1.0%
Loops 0.5% 0.0% 4.3% -35.4% 110.4% -84.4% -86.0%
Bookwyrm 0.0% 6.9% -37.8% -23.2% -57.9% -59.5% -87.4%
NeoDB 0.1% 1.3% 1.0% -4.7% 3.2% 1.7% -12.6%
Friendica -1.2% -2.5% -1.2% -3.0% 89.4% 35.7% -48.2%
Forgejo 14.0% 20.0% 4.6% 3.6% -71.4% -61.1% -90.2%
Catodon -2.5% -4.8% -0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -7.0%
Funkwhale 0.0% -13.2% -12.8% -32.0% -1.4% -1.4% -81.7%
Vernissage 0.0% -3.1% 21.5% 66.3% 146.9% 69.9% -4.8%
Flohmarkt 0.0% -22.7% 6.2% -55.3% 240.0% 0.0% -57.5%
Fediverse -0.2% -0.5% 2.0% -4.2% 17.1% -4.4%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4202 4799
Lemmy 35318 43019
Mbin 757 1309
Threadiverse 40277 49127
Mastodon 733466 980936
NodeBB 64776 9123
Pixelfed 100185 103010
Peertube 52936 48408
Writefreely 18617 9032
Loops 4182 4194
Bookwyrm 1184 3476
NeoDB 1770 1787
Friendica 2454 3205
Forgejo 114 1655
Catodon 119 0
Funkwhale 204 751
Vernissage 158 165
Flohmarkt 17 0
Fediverse 1020459 1214869

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
4 comments fedilink
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260531) (piefed.zip)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
comment fedilink
 
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics/p/1539968/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260531

Takeaways:

  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube, Writefreely, Vernissage
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Bookwyrm
  • Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Pixelfed, Writefreely, Bookwyrm
  • Looks like Bookwyrm, and Lemmy have found their bottoms and are stabilizing.
  • Piefed is still bleeding, but possibly slower. Looks like most of the MAU losses are from Piefed.social (see other instance post for more details).

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4184 4185 4272 4759 6179 1632 384 6179
Lemmy 35138 35102 35266 36217 40418 35313 47488 72618
Mbin 750 752 762 731 808 739 869 3967
Threadiverse 40072 40039 40300 41707 47405 37684 48741
Mastodon 743224 743073 746155 738994 787641 676783 751600 2737163
NodeBB 61301 61320 62738 70019 55025 38520 63298 76801
Pixelfed 102092 102053 94457 99622 119519 77178 109637 338813
Peertube 50878 50979 50151 43587 41181 26691 29459 51366
Writefreely 17554 17484 16606 6202 9628 1027 9332 17607
Loops 4180 4171 4150 3989 8088 1969 27894 29821
Bookwyrm 1108 1098 1034 2277 1563 2805 2968 9429
NeoDB 1748 1746 1748 1816 1868 1730 1755 2025
Friendica 2516 2519 2544 2414 2632 1297 1859 4734
Forgejo 95 101 110 112 114 386 289 1168
Catodon 125 124 123 119 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 235 231 244 247 267 218 212 1114
Vernissage 163 163 165 153 98 59 95 166
Flohmarkt 22 20 19 30 21 3 0 40
Fediverse 1025313 1025121 1020544 1011288 1075050 866350 1047139

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -1 -88 -575 -1995 2552 3800 -1995
Lemmy 36 -128 -1079 -5280 -175 -12350 -37480
Mbin -2 -12 19 -58 11 -119 -3217
Threadiverse 33 -228 -1635 -7333 2388 -8669
Mastodon 151 -2931 4230 -44417 66441 -8376 -1993939
NodeBB -19 -1437 -8718 6276 22781 -1997 -15500
Pixelfed 39 7635 2470 -17427 24914 -7545 -236721
Peertube -101 727 7291 9697 24187 21419 -488
Writefreely 70 948 11352 7926 16527 8222 -53
Loops 9 30 191 -3908 2211 -23714 -25641
Bookwyrm 10 74 -1169 -455 -1697 -1860 -8321
NeoDB 2 0 -68 -120 18 -7 -277
Friendica -3 -28 102 -116 1219 657 -2218
Forgejo -6 -15 -17 -19 -291 -194 -1073
Catodon 1 2 6 0 0 0 -3
Funkwhale 4 -9 -12 -32 17 23 -879
Vernissage 0 -2 10 65 104 68 -3
Flohmarkt 2 3 -8 1 19 0 -18
Fediverse 192 4769 14025 -49737 158963 -21826

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.0% -2.1% -12.1% -32.3% 156.4% 989.6% -32.3%
Lemmy 0.1% -0.4% -3.0% -13.1% -0.5% -26.0% -51.6%
Mbin -0.3% -1.6% 2.6% -7.2% 1.5% -13.7% -81.1%
Threadiverse 0.1% -0.6% -3.9% -15.5% 6.3% -17.8%
Mastodon 0.0% -0.4% 0.6% -5.6% 9.8% -1.1% -72.8%
NodeBB -0.0% -2.3% -12.5% 11.4% 59.1% -3.2% -20.2%
Pixelfed 0.0% 8.1% 2.5% -14.6% 32.3% -6.9% -69.9%
Peertube -0.2% 1.4% 16.7% 23.5% 90.6% 72.7% -1.0%
Writefreely 0.4% 5.7% 183.0% 82.3% 1609.3% 88.1% -0.3%
Loops 0.2% 0.7% 4.8% -48.3% 112.3% -85.0% -86.0%
Bookwyrm 0.9% 7.2% -51.3% -29.1% -60.5% -62.7% -88.2%
NeoDB 0.1% 0.0% -3.7% -6.4% 1.0% -0.4% -13.7%
Friendica -0.1% -1.1% 4.2% -4.4% 94.0% 35.3% -46.9%
Forgejo -5.9% -13.6% -15.2% -16.7% -75.4% -67.1% -91.9%
Catodon 0.8% 1.6% 5.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -2.3%
Funkwhale 1.7% -3.7% -4.9% -12.0% 7.8% 10.8% -78.9%
Vernissage 0.0% -1.2% 6.5% 66.3% 176.3% 71.6% -1.8%
Flohmarkt 10.0% 15.8% -26.7% 4.8% 633.3% 0.0% -45.0%
Fediverse 0.0% 0.5% 1.4% -4.6% 18.3% -2.1%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4184 4741
Lemmy 35138 42933
Mbin 750 1299
Threadiverse 40072 48973
Mastodon 743224 989321
NodeBB 61301 5840
Pixelfed 102092 106627
Peertube 50878 47433
Writefreely 17554 9037
Loops 4180 4250
Bookwyrm 1108 3419
NeoDB 1748 1769
Friendica 2516 3272
Forgejo 95 1652
Catodon 125 0
Funkwhale 235 744
Vernissage 163 172
Flohmarkt 22 0
Fediverse 1025313 1222509

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
7 comments fedilink
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260524) (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
3 comments fedilink
 
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics/p/1523419/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260524

Takeaways:

  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube, Writefreely, Vernissage
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 7/7 Days): Writefreely
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Peertube
  • Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
  • Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Peertube

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4272 4306 4369 4875 5460 1595 353 6179
Lemmy 35266 35327 35414 36548 40727 35571 48375 72618
Mbin 762 759 751 728 822 753 833 3967
Threadiverse 40300 40392 40534 42151 47009 37919 49561
Mastodon 746155 746713 746910 744973 1136727 672733 762701 2737163
NodeBB 62738 63386 64244 73802 55566 38376 62251 76801
Pixelfed 94457 92963 91097 106110 115634 82325 90192 338813
Peertube 50151 48675 47242 44379 41313 26560 29700 50151
Writefreely 16606 16147 14328 2859 10883 794 8700 16606
Loops 4150 4143 4122 3977 8006 1840 28116 29821
Bookwyrm 1034 1109 1428 2110 1616 2846 2974 9429
NeoDB 1748 1750 1760 1837 1870 1693 1771 2025
Friendica 2544 2544 2488 2445 2627 1353 1903 4734
Forgejo 110 107 111 114 121 419 294 1168
Catodon 123 121 121 118 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 244 244 244 235 269 199 303 1114
Vernissage 165 160 154 144 104 54 91 165
Flohmarkt 19 18 16 25 30 7 0 40
Fediverse 1020544 1018472 1014799 1025279 1421775 867118 1038557

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -34 -97 -603 -1188 2677 3919 -1907
Lemmy -61 -148 -1282 -5461 -305 -13109 -37352
Mbin 3 11 34 -60 9 -71 -3205
Threadiverse -92 -234 -1851 -6709 2381 -9261
Mastodon -558 -755 1182 -390572 73422 -16546 -1991008
NodeBB -648 -1506 -11064 7172 24362 487 -14063
Pixelfed 1494 3360 -11653 -21177 12132 4265 -244356
Peertube 1476 2909 5772 8838 23591 20451 0
Writefreely 459 2278 13747 5723 15812 7906 0
Loops 7 28 173 -3856 2310 -23966 -25671
Bookwyrm -75 -394 -1076 -582 -1812 -1940 -8395
NeoDB -2 -12 -89 -122 55 -23 -277
Friendica 0 56 99 -83 1191 641 -2190
Forgejo 3 -1 -4 -11 -309 -184 -1058
Catodon 2 2 5 0 0 0 -5
Funkwhale 0 0 9 -25 45 -59 -870
Vernissage 5 11 21 61 111 74 0
Flohmarkt 1 3 -6 -11 12 0 -21
Fediverse 2072 5745 -4735 -401231 153426 -18013

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.8% -2.2% -12.4% -21.8% 167.8% 1110.2% -30.9%
Lemmy -0.2% -0.4% -3.5% -13.4% -0.9% -27.1% -51.4%
Mbin 0.4% 1.5% 4.7% -7.3% 1.2% -8.5% -80.8%
Threadiverse -0.2% -0.6% -4.4% -14.3% 6.3% -18.7%
Mastodon -0.1% -0.1% 0.2% -34.4% 10.9% -2.2% -72.7%
NodeBB -1.0% -2.3% -15.0% 12.9% 63.5% 0.8% -18.3%
Pixelfed 1.6% 3.7% -11.0% -18.3% 14.7% 4.7% -72.1%
Peertube 3.0% 6.2% 13.0% 21.4% 88.8% 68.9% 0.0%
Writefreely 2.8% 15.9% 480.8% 52.6% 1991.4% 90.9% 0.0%
Loops 0.2% 0.7% 4.4% -48.2% 125.5% -85.2% -86.1%
Bookwyrm -6.8% -27.6% -51.0% -36.0% -63.7% -65.2% -89.0%
NeoDB -0.1% -0.7% -4.8% -6.5% 3.2% -1.3% -13.7%
Friendica 0.0% 2.3% 4.0% -3.2% 88.0% 33.7% -46.3%
Forgejo 2.8% -0.9% -3.5% -9.1% -73.7% -62.6% -90.6%
Catodon 1.7% 1.7% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -3.9%
Funkwhale 0.0% 0.0% 3.8% -9.3% 22.6% -19.5% -78.1%
Vernissage 3.1% 7.1% 14.6% 58.7% 205.6% 81.3% 0.0%
Flohmarkt 5.6% 18.8% -24.0% -36.7% 171.4% 0.0% -52.5%
Fediverse 0.2% 0.6% -0.5% -28.2% 17.7% -1.7%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4272 4821
Lemmy 35266 42829
Mbin 762 1309
Threadiverse 40300 48959
Mastodon 746155 992641
NodeBB 62738 5397
Pixelfed 94457 100480
Peertube 50151 47697
Writefreely 16606 9059
Loops 4150 4207
Bookwyrm 1034 3340
NeoDB 1748 1782
Friendica 2544 3279
Forgejo 110 1657
Catodon 123 0
Funkwhale 244 750
Vernissage 165 170
Flohmarkt 19 0
Fediverse 1020544 1219418

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
1 comment fedilink
20
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260517) (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
17 comments fedilink
 
 

Takeaways:

  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 7/7 Days): Writefreely
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Vernissage
  • Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
  • Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Peertube

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4369 4372 4427 5033 4738 1584 335 6179
Lemmy 35414 35374 35526 36822 36510 35964 49075 72618
Mbin 751 755 738 739 795 742 807 3967
Threadiverse 40534 40501 40691 42594 42043 38290 50217
Mastodon 746910 743281 743661 747788 749916 677271 779014 2737163
NodeBB 64244 64681 65315 76720 52056 36856 63388 76801
Pixelfed 91097 87541 91900 103434 103924 82174 94363 338813
Peertube 47242 47702 43220 45104 29431 26313 30381 47853
Writefreely 14328 13998 6906 3203 1407 1026 8038 14709
Loops 4122 4114 4027 4140 7706 1506 0 29821
Bookwyrm 1428 1486 1789 1955 1460 2881 3091 9429
NeoDB 1760 1752 1746 1845 1842 1681 1776 2025
Friendica 2488 2485 2484 2506 1578 1339 2899 4734
Forgejo 111 113 113 118 501 449 312 1168
Catodon 121 119 120 123 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 244 248 240 245 233 295 302 1114
Vernissage 154 147 127 138 99 59 104 161
Flohmarkt 16 16 14 25 37 12 0 40
Fediverse 1014799 1008184 1002353 1029938 992233 870152 1033885

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -3 -58 -664 -369 2785 4034 -1810
Lemmy 40 -112 -1408 -1096 -550 -13661 -37204
Mbin -4 13 12 -44 9 -56 -3216
Threadiverse 33 -157 -2060 -1509 2244 -9683
Mastodon 3629 3249 -878 -3006 69639 -32104 -1990253
NodeBB -437 -1071 -12476 12188 27388 856 -12557
Pixelfed 3556 -803 -12337 -12827 8923 -3266 -247716
Peertube -460 4022 2138 17811 20929 16861 -611
Writefreely 330 7422 11125 12921 13302 6290 -381
Loops 8 95 -18 -3584 2616 0 -25699
Bookwyrm -58 -361 -527 -32 -1453 -1663 -8001
NeoDB 8 14 -85 -82 79 -16 -265
Friendica 3 4 -18 910 1149 -411 -2246
Forgejo -2 -2 -7 -390 -338 -201 -1057
Catodon 2 1 -2 0 0 0 -7
Funkwhale -4 4 -1 11 -51 -58 -870
Vernissage 7 27 16 55 95 50 -7
Flohmarkt 0 2 -9 -21 4 0 -24
Fediverse 6615 12446 -15139 22566 144647 -19086

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.1% -1.3% -13.2% -7.8% 175.8% 1204.2% -29.3%
Lemmy 0.1% -0.3% -3.8% -3.0% -1.5% -27.8% -51.2%
Mbin -0.5% 1.8% 1.6% -5.5% 1.2% -6.9% -81.1%
Threadiverse 0.1% -0.4% -4.8% -3.6% 5.9% -19.3%
Mastodon 0.5% 0.4% -0.1% -0.4% 10.3% -4.1% -72.7%
NodeBB -0.7% -1.6% -16.3% 23.4% 74.3% 1.4% -16.4%
Pixelfed 4.1% -0.9% -11.9% -12.3% 10.9% -3.5% -73.1%
Peertube -1.0% 9.3% 4.7% 60.5% 79.5% 55.5% -1.3%
Writefreely 2.4% 107.5% 347.3% 918.3% 1296.5% 78.3% -2.6%
Loops 0.2% 2.4% -0.4% -46.5% 173.7% 0.0% -86.2%
Bookwyrm -3.9% -20.2% -27.0% -2.2% -50.4% -53.8% -84.9%
NeoDB 0.5% 0.8% -4.6% -4.5% 4.7% -0.9% -13.1%
Friendica 0.1% 0.2% -0.7% 57.7% 85.8% -14.2% -47.4%
Forgejo -1.8% -1.8% -5.9% -77.8% -75.3% -64.4% -90.5%
Catodon 1.7% 0.8% -1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -5.5%
Funkwhale -1.6% 1.7% -0.4% 4.7% -17.3% -19.2% -78.1%
Vernissage 4.8% 21.3% 11.6% 55.6% 161.0% 48.1% -4.3%
Flohmarkt 0.0% 14.3% -36.0% -56.8% 33.3% 0.0% -60.0%
Fediverse 0.7% 1.2% -1.5% 2.3% 16.6% -1.8%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4369 4923
Lemmy 35414 45018
Mbin 751 1311
Threadiverse 40534 51252
Mastodon 746910 992214
NodeBB 64244 5157
Pixelfed 91097 95839
Peertube 47242 44937
Writefreely 14328 9013
Loops 4122 4160
Bookwyrm 1428 3810
NeoDB 1760 1776
Friendica 2488 3243
Forgejo 111 1659
Catodon 121 0
Funkwhale 244 744
Vernissage 154 158
Fediverse 1014799 1213962

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).

Also of Note: I will probably have a threadiverse instance analysis post tomorrow. Still just figuring out how to create a data post about 500+ servers... I guess we'll find out how I did it tomorrow.

Edit: removed a word.

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PSA: There might be some federation issues today and tomorrow following the Piefed security fixes (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by [M] to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
comment fedilink
 
 

https://lemmy.zip/post/64401927 for some context and why Piefed instances had to go down for a bit.

I've noticed a few comments not getting federated properly, e.g.

This should probably be solved over the weekend, I'll personally wait until Monday to resume posting.

Take care everyone!

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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
18 comments fedilink
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260510) (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
4 comments fedilink
 
 

Takeaways:

  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Friendica
  • Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
  • Looks like Loops has stabilized (finally) at ~4k. Less than half what it peaked at 2.5 months ago (~8.7k), but still 60% higher than it was 4 months ago (~2.6k). A win in my book.
  • Piefed and Lemmy continue to bleed MAU, which isn't surprising, to me, after the 'drama' the past couple weeks (the 'drama' does not need to be relitigated here, If you are curious you can look it up).

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4427 4452 4652 5710 4633 1574 344 6179
Lemmy 35526 35592 35985 37123 36366 36234 49609 72618
Mbin 738 736 731 743 783 716 800 3967
Threadiverse 40691 40780 41368 43576 41782 38524 50753
Mastodon 743661 742685 735489 752673 757276 679000 795385 2737163
NodeBB 65315 65769 66511 75916 50252 36168 281 76801
Pixelfed 91900 91711 97390 99311 103265 84413 98368 338813
Peertube 43220 42738 42689 45396 29721 26919 35136 45936
Writefreely 6906 5928 5565 13209 1308 1321 7811 14709
Loops 4027 4007 4015 4397 7342 1204 0 29821
Bookwyrm 1789 1869 2193 1807 1557 3003 4081 9429
NeoDB 1746 1743 1810 1801 1880 1731 1774 2025
Friendica 2484 2494 2398 2502 1537 1418 2915 4734
Forgejo 113 111 112 116 508 657 340 1168
Catodon 120 120 117 120 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 240 235 245 260 241 285 285 1114
Flohmarkt 14 17 19 20 39 7 0 40
Fediverse 1002226 1000207 999921 1041104 996708 874650 997129

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -25 -225 -1283 -206 2853 4083 -1752
Lemmy -66 -459 -1597 -840 -708 -14083 -37092
Mbin 2 7 -5 -45 22 -62 -3229
Threadiverse -89 -677 -2885 -1091 2167 -10062
Mastodon 976 8172 -9012 -13615 64661 -51724 -1993502
NodeBB -454 -1196 -10601 15063 29147 65034 -11486
Pixelfed 189 -5490 -7411 -11365 7487 -6468 -246913
Peertube 482 531 -2176 13499 16301 8084 -2716
Writefreely 978 1341 -6303 5598 5585 -905 -7803
Loops 20 12 -370 -3315 2823 0 -25794
Bookwyrm -80 -404 -18 232 -1214 -2292 -7640
NeoDB 3 -64 -55 -134 15 -28 -279
Friendica -10 86 -18 947 1066 -431 -2250
Forgejo 2 1 -3 -395 -544 -227 -1055
Catodon 0 3 0 0 0 0 -8
Funkwhale 5 -5 -20 -1 -45 -45 -874
Flohmarkt -3 -5 -6 -25 7 0 -26
Fediverse 2019 2305 -38878 5518 127576 5097

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.6% -4.8% -22.5% -4.4% 181.3% 1186.9% -28.4%
Lemmy -0.2% -1.3% -4.3% -2.3% -2.0% -28.4% -51.1%
Mbin 0.3% 1.0% -0.7% -5.7% 3.1% -7.8% -81.4%
Threadiverse -0.2% -1.6% -6.6% -2.6% 5.6% -19.8%
Mastodon 0.1% 1.1% -1.2% -1.8% 9.5% -6.5% -72.8%
NodeBB -0.7% -1.8% -14.0% 30.0% 80.6% 23143.8% -15.0%
Pixelfed 0.2% -5.6% -7.5% -11.0% 8.9% -6.6% -72.9%
Peertube 1.1% 1.2% -4.8% 45.4% 60.6% 23.0% -5.9%
Writefreely 16.5% 24.1% -47.7% 428.0% 422.8% -11.6% -53.0%
Loops 0.5% 0.3% -8.4% -45.2% 234.5% 0.0% -86.5%
Bookwyrm -4.3% -18.4% -1.0% 14.9% -40.4% -56.2% -81.0%
NeoDB 0.2% -3.5% -3.1% -7.1% 0.9% -1.6% -13.8%
Friendica -0.4% 3.6% -0.7% 61.6% 75.2% -14.8% -47.5%
Forgejo 1.8% 0.9% -2.6% -77.8% -82.8% -66.8% -90.3%
Catodon 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -6.2%
Funkwhale 2.1% -2.0% -7.7% -0.4% -15.8% -15.8% -78.5%
Flohmarkt -17.6% -26.3% -30.0% -64.1% 100.0% 0.0% -65.0%
Fediverse 0.2% 0.2% -3.7% 0.6% 14.6% 0.5%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4427 5014
Lemmy 35526 46851
Mbin 738 1308
Threadiverse 40691 53173
Mastodon 743661 988458
NodeBB 65315 5231
Pixelfed 91900 96285
Peertube 43220 40236
Writefreely 6906 13231
Loops 4027 4044
Bookwyrm 1789 4123
NeoDB 1746 1767
Friendica 2484 3225
Forgejo 113 1658
Catodon 120 0
Funkwhale 240 745
Fediverse 1002226 1212176

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).
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Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities? (piefed.zip)
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Growth of the Fediverse (20260503) (piefed.zip)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Takeaways:

  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Loops
  • Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
  • Looks like Loops finally found their post-peak bottom
  • Rough week for most software, exceptions: Mbin, Writefreely, Loops, Funkwhale who grew this week

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Software Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month[30D] 3 Months Ago[90D] 6 Months Ago[180D] 1 Year Ago[365D] All-Time Maximum
Piefed 4652 4680 4835 5361 2791 1600 323 6179
Lemmy 35985 36002 36435 37566 36320 36482 50815 72618
Mbin 731 729 720 761 770 730 805 3967
Threadiverse 41368 41411 41990 43688 39881 38812 51943
Mastodon 735489 737025 743327 721735 743028 675424 811876 2737163
NodeBB 66511 67265 71934 72823 52504 35325 287 76801
Pixelfed 97390 98570 104341 109021 118480 88850 102091 338813
Peertube 42689 43073 43729 45921 29094 21789 35599 45936
Writefreely 5565 5757 2484 12535 1277 1318 7592 14709
Loops 4015 4001 3975 4533 5578 541 0 29821
Bookwyrm 2193 2226 2193 1813 3761 2993 5429 9429
NeoDB 1810 1801 1819 1769 1954 1743 1789 2025
Friendica 2398 2413 2405 2481 1482 1486 2962 4734
Forgejo 112 113 112 140 504 640 507 1168
Catodon 117 119 118 18 0 0 0 128
Funkwhale 245 246 239 268 259 296 261 1114
Flohmarkt 19 26 26 31 35 5 0 40
Fediverse 999921 1004046 1018692 1016776 997837 869222 1020336

Difference^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -28 -183 -709 1861 3052 4329 -1527
Lemmy -17 -450 -1581 -335 -497 -14830 -36633
Mbin 2 11 -30 -39 1 -74 -3236
Threadiverse -43 -622 -2320 1487 2556 -10575
Mastodon -1536 -7838 13754 -7539 60065 -76387 -2001674
NodeBB -754 -5423 -6312 14007 31186 66224 -10290
Pixelfed -1180 -6951 -11631 -21090 8540 -4701 -241423
Peertube -384 -1040 -3232 13595 20900 7090 -3247
Writefreely -192 3081 -6970 4288 4247 -2027 -9144
Loops 14 40 -518 -1563 3474 0 -25806
Bookwyrm -33 0 380 -1568 -800 -3236 -7236
NeoDB 9 -9 41 -144 67 21 -215
Friendica -15 -7 -83 916 912 -564 -2336
Forgejo -1 0 -28 -392 -528 -395 -1056
Catodon -2 -1 99 0 0 0 -11
Funkwhale -1 6 -23 -14 -51 -16 -869
Flohmarkt -7 -7 -12 -16 14 0 -21
Fediverse -4125 -18771 -16855 2084 130699 -20415

Change (%)^[1]^:

Software -1 Day[1D] -1 Week[7D] -1 Month[30D] -3 Months[90D] -6 Months[180D] -1 Year[365D] -All-Time Maximum
Piefed -0.6% -3.8% -13.2% 66.7% 190.8% 1340.2% -24.7%
Lemmy -0.0% -1.2% -4.2% -0.9% -1.4% -29.2% -50.4%
Mbin 0.3% 1.5% -3.9% -5.1% 0.1% -9.2% -81.6%
Threadiverse -0.1% -1.5% -5.3% 3.7% 6.6% -20.4%
Mastodon -0.2% -1.1% 1.9% -1.0% 8.9% -9.4% -73.1%
NodeBB -1.1% -7.5% -8.7% 26.7% 88.3% 23074.6% -13.4%
Pixelfed -1.2% -6.7% -10.7% -17.8% 9.6% -4.6% -71.3%
Peertube -0.9% -2.4% -7.0% 46.7% 95.9% 19.9% -7.1%
Writefreely -3.3% 124.0% -55.6% 335.8% 322.2% -26.7% -62.2%
Loops 0.3% 1.0% -11.4% -28.0% 642.1% 0.0% -86.5%
Bookwyrm -1.5% 0.0% 21.0% -41.7% -26.7% -59.6% -76.7%
NeoDB 0.5% -0.5% 2.3% -7.4% 3.8% 1.2% -10.6%
Friendica -0.6% -0.3% -3.3% 61.8% 61.4% -19.0% -49.3%
Forgejo -0.9% 0.0% -20.0% -77.8% -82.5% -77.9% -90.4%
Catodon -1.7% -0.8% 550.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -8.6%
Funkwhale -0.4% 2.5% -8.6% -5.4% -17.2% -6.1% -78.0%
Flohmarkt -26.9% -26.9% -38.7% -45.7% 280.0% 0.0% -52.5%
Fediverse -0.4% -1.8% -1.7% 0.2% 15.0% -2.0%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 4652 5222
Lemmy 35985 47260
Mbin 731 1298
Threadiverse 41368 53780
Mastodon 735489 979741
NodeBB 66511 6295
Pixelfed 97390 101842
Peertube 42689 39526
Writefreely 5565 13532
Loops 4015 4092
Bookwyrm 2193 4423
NeoDB 1810 1817
Friendica 2398 3130
Forgejo 112 1662
Catodon 117 0
Funkwhale 245 746
Fediverse 999921 1210586

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
  2. Fediverse-Observer provides daily MAU back to 20221130. FediDB only provides a current snapshot (snapshot within the last 15 minutes, no time series data) and only tracks some of the software [67].
  3. FediDB seems to use unclear math to get there counts and overestimate the MAU on most software (see previous post, if interested in learning more).

Edit: Changed to correct Title Date because sometimes I don't pay attention :(

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