Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:

  • lemmy.world: 19516
  • lemm.ee: 3779
  • lemmy.ml: 2970
  • sh.itjust.works: 2355
  • feddit.de: 2293

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They should probably add a % measure to that to show active users as a % of total users to give a more balanced look at active instances

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    What is felt by users is the absolute number rather than the proportion.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Because when you open and later refresh Lemmy, the quantity of new posts you will see, which gives an idea of Lemmy's activity, is proportional to the absolute number of active users, not the proportion of active users per instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    By why not both, I meant why not display both the number of users and the proportion of the total userbase. This does not seem to be an answer to that question.

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