Growth of the Fediverse (20260524)
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
- Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB
Notes:
- Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [17], not the other [112] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
- 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].
- 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).
480.8% monthly growth for WriteFreely. What happened there?
Not sure. It went from ~3k MAU to ~16k MAU over the past 30 days.
Could have been a major influx of new users or a new set of major servers were detected and added to the total.
Looking at the server breakdown of MAUs, it looks like 15 of the 16k are all on one server. So doesn't seem like a new big server jumped in.
But 6 weeks ago they were at ~13k.
The largest server had ~8k MAU then ~3k (last month) and now ~15k. I'm not sure how that happens. Server instability maybe?
Another spambot wave? WriteFreely hasn't got good antispam measures (e.g. no e-mail needed for an account)