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 |
- Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB, Analysis Code
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).
Edit: added a couple commas
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