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Growth of the Fediverse (20260607)

9d 22h ago by piefed.zip/u/Vicinus in fedigrow@lemmy.zip

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]:

SoftwareCurrentYesterday[1D]Last Week[7D]Last Month[30D]3 Months Ago[90D]6 Months Ago[180D]1 Year Ago[365D]All-Time Maximum
Piefed4202420541844486492617345196179
Lemmy3531835366351383551739050351734727872618
Mbin7577537507397937369013967
Threadiverse40277403244007240742447693764348698
Mastodon7334667342367432247429677778256749077393002737163
NodeBB6477665485613016601751369370996686176801
Pixelfed100185998951020929200712833385244138325338813
Peertube5293653333508784278041062269382942553333
Writefreely186171872317554521486269581054418802
Loops4182416241804011647619882684529821
Bookwyrm11841184110819041541281129219429
NeoDB17701768174817531858171517402025
Friendica24542484251624842531129618084734
Forgejo114100951091103992931168
Catodon119122125120000128
Funkwhale2042042352343002072071114
Vernissage158158163130956493166
Flohmarkt17172216385040
Fediverse102045910221951025313100048810649338712741067060

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-318-284-72424683683-1977
Lemmy-48180-199-3732145-11960-37300
Mbin4718-3621-144-3210
Threadiverse-47205-465-44922634-8421
Mastodon-770-9758-9501-4435958559-5834-2003697
NodeBB-7093475-12411340727677-2085-12025
Pixelfed290-19078178-2814814941-38140-238628
Peertube-397205810156118742599823511-397
Writefreely-1061063134039991176598073-185
Loops202171-22942194-22663-25639
Bookwyrm076-720-357-1627-1737-8245
NeoDB22217-885530-255
Friendica-30-62-30-771158646-2280
Forgejo141954-285-179-1054
Catodon-3-6-1000-9
Funkwhale0-31-30-96-3-3-910
Vernissage0-528639465-8
Flohmarkt0-51-21120-23
Fediverse-1736-485419971-44474149185-46601

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%
Mbin0.5%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%
Pixelfed0.3%-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%
Loops0.5%0.0%4.3%-35.4%110.4%-84.4%-86.0%
Bookwyrm0.0%6.9%-37.8%-23.2%-57.9%-59.5%-87.4%
NeoDB0.1%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%
Forgejo14.0%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%
Funkwhale0.0%-13.2%-12.8%-32.0%-1.4%-1.4%-81.7%
Vernissage0.0%-3.1%21.5%66.3%146.9%69.9%-4.8%
Flohmarkt0.0%-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]:

SoftwareFediverse-Observer[1]FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed42024799
Lemmy3531843019
Mbin7571309
Threadiverse4027749127
Mastodon733466980936
NodeBB647769123
Pixelfed100185103010
Peertube5293648408
Writefreely186179032
Loops41824194
Bookwyrm11843476
NeoDB17701787
Friendica24543205
Forgejo1141655
Catodon1190
Funkwhale204751
Vernissage158165
Flohmarkt170
Fediverse10204591214869

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).

Dogbone it. Around July 1st I'll have been a member of the Fediverse for 3yrs, and my dumb arse still doesn't really understand what most of the other pillars of the FV are.

PF & Lemmy I think of as being heavily connected, and similar software, with Mbin being a 3rd wheel that I don't actually see as a PF user.

Mastodon is like Twitter, and if I use hashtags then at least they can see content I post. NodeBB is like traditional forum software, but I've no idea if there's a way for it to be visible. Pixelfed is like Imgur, and Peertube is like YT?

And there lies the extent of my pitifully small knowledge. T_T

Haha. I know the feeling. If you want to feel it worse, go to fediverse-observer site and look at all the Fediverse platforms/software (like 150+).

I just looked into and it seems Mbin communities/magazines do federate to the rest of the Threadiverse. So you can interact with their communities (they don't have many though). The 3rd wheel bit you may be alluding to is interaction with Mastodon. It seems Mastodon has some federation with the Threadiverse, but to my knowledge Piefed and Lemmy users can't interact with Mastodon users on Mastodon (only if the Mastodon user post/comment in the Threadiverse).

I've heard Pixelfed is closer to Instagram, but I don't use any of the three to know for sure.

Yeah, Peertube is like YT. Some channels have federated with the Threadiverse (ex. TheLinuxChannel).

NodeBB also has some federation onto the Threadiverse. I've seen maybe two different forums show up and they seemed to be different Fediverse devs posting and commenting.

You can subscribe to PeerTube channels, watch and comment their videos on PF