Growth of the Fediverse (20260223)
Growth of the Fediverse (20260223)
Monthly Active Users:
| Software | Current | Two Days Ago [2D] | Last Week[7D] | Last Month[30D] | 3 Months Ago[90D] | 6 Months Ago[6M] | 1 Year Ago[12M] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 5556 | 4923 | 4738 | 2026 | 1584 | 1666 | 260 |
| Lemmy | 39183 | 36996 | 36510 | 35624 | 35811 | 40133 | 47182 |
| Mbin | 825 | 811 | 795 | 744 | 757 | 906 | 860 |
| Threadiverse | 45564 | 42730 | 42043 | 38394 | 38152 | 42705 | 48302 |
| Mastodon | 798673 | 741297 | 749916 | 729258 | 672733 | 690496 | 844236 |
| Pixelfed | 115309 | 100508 | 103924 | 114965 | 82325 | 96797 | 304563 |
| Peertube | 40855 | 28211 | 29431 | 27906 | 26560 | 23452 | 34627 |
| Loops | 8110 | 7961 | 7706 | 2613 | 1840 | 26939 | 26110 |
| Bookwyrm | 1609 | 1338 | 1460 | 3759 | 2846 | 3020 | 7005 |
| Friendica | 2637 | 1693 | 1578 | 1411 | 1353 | 1732 | 4279 |
| Forgejo | 124 | 86 | 501 | 507 | 419 | 327 | 644 |
| Funkwhale | 270 | 225 | 233 | 266 | 199 | 248 | 483 |
| Flohmarkt | 33 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fediverse | 1013184 | 924076 | 936829 | 919105 | 826432 | 885716 | 1270249 |
Difference:
| Software | -2 Day[2D] | -1 Week[7D] | -1 Month[30D] | -3 Months[90D] | -6 Months[6M] | -1 Year[12M] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 633 | 818 | 3530 | 3972 | 3890 | 5296 |
| Lemmy | 2187 | 2673 | 3559 | 3372 | -950 | -7999 |
| Mbin | 14 | 30 | 81 | 68 | -81 | -35 |
| Threadiverse | 2834 | 3521 | 7170 | 7412 | 2859 | -2738 |
| Mastodon | 57376 | 48757 | 69415 | 125940 | 108177 | -45563 |
| Pixelfed | 14801 | 344 | 32984 | 32984 | 18512 | -189254 |
| Peertube | 12644 | 11424 | 12949 | 14295 | 17403 | 6228 |
| Loops | 149 | 404 | 5497 | 6270 | -18829 | -18000 |
| Bookwyrm | 271 | 149 | -2150 | -1237 | -1411 | -5396 |
| Friendica | 944 | 1059 | 1226 | 1284 | 905 | -1642 |
| Forgejo | 38 | -377 | -383 | -295 | -203 | -520 |
| Funkwhale | 45 | 37 | 4 | 71 | 22 | -213 |
| Flohmarkt | 6 | -4 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Fediverse | 89108 | 76355 | 94079 | 186752 | 127468 | -257065 |
Change (%):
| Software | -2 Day[2D] | -1 Week[7D] | -1 Month[30D] | -3 Months[90D] | -6 Months[6M] | -1 Year[12M] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 12.9% | 17.3% | 174.2% | 250.8% | 233.5% | 2036.9% |
| Lemmy | 5.9% | 7.3% | 10.0% | 9.4% | -2.4% | -17.0% |
| Mbin | 1.7% | 3.8% | 10.9% | 9.0% | -8.9% | -4.1% |
| Threadiverse | 6.6% | 8.4% | 18.7% | 19.4% | 6.7% | -5.7% |
| Mastodon | 7.7% | 6.5% | 9.5% | 18.7% | 15.7% | -5.4% |
| Pixelfed | 14.7% | 0.3% | 40.1% | 40.1% | 19.1% | -62.1% |
| Peertube | 44.8% | 38.8% | 46.4% | 53.8% | 74.2% | 18.0% |
| Loops | 1.9% | 5.2% | 210.4% | 340.8% | -69.9% | -68.9% |
| Bookwyrm | 20.3% | 10.2% | -57.2% | -43.5% | -46.7% | -77.0% |
| Friendica | 55.8% | 67.1% | 86.9% | 94.9% | 52.3% | -38.4% |
| Forgejo | 44.2% | -75.2% | -75.5% | -70.4% | -62.1% | -80.7% |
| Funkwhale | 20.0% | 15.9% | 1.5% | 35.7% | 8.9% | -44.1% |
| Flohmarkt | 22.2% | -10.8% | 26.9% | 560.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Fediverse | 9.6% | 8.2% | 10.2% | 22.6% | 14.4% | -20.2% |
- Note: Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [12], not the other [117] software tracked by the website.
- Source: Fediverse-Observer
- Caveats: Only using 1 source, using two different sets of data within the same source (why 6 month[6M] and 1 year[12M] data seems off compared to the others[*D], I didn't dig through the code to figure out why that would be).
Takeaways:
- Big growth in the Fediverse this week (ex.
Mastodon >50%, Lemmy andPiefed >10%). Looks like the Fediverse-Observer software updated yesterday and found(?) a bunch of previously unknown servers (10-50%). Due to the change, my API code now works and made this post far easier :) - Piefed and Loops had positive growth each day last week
- Congrats to Piefed (>5000 MAU) and PeerTube (>40,000 MAU) for reaching All-Time highs
- Forgejo lost a server in the last week that had ~80% of its users (20260217)
Fediverse bigger than it was a 12 months ago!
Mods: Again, feel free to delete if its not appropriate in the community.
- Edit: Fixed Threadiverse Change (%)s. Known bug,
will fix for next time(already fixed). - Edit: Added another takeaway. Changed the code to be more accurate and added the result (a couple numbers slightly changed)
- Edit: Rimu of Piefed found a bug in the Fediverse-Observer server list (duplicates). I looked through and found a few more duplicates.
The data for those 4 software (Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed and Peertube) have been adjusted to be accurate with the removed duplicates.Fediverse-Observer dev has been notified of the issue. - Note: Fediverse-Observer dev is now aware of the issue. The issue is caused by either server mis-configurations or bad actors trying to inflate numbers. The dev is working on a method to clean up or filter out the issue. I'll check next week for duplicates and adjust numbers accordingly if they are still there.
- Edit: Fediverse-Observer dev fixed the issue the same day they were informed. I changed the numbers to be from the fixed day [20260222] and ignore the erroneous data day [20260221]. PeerTube did hit an All-Time high with 40k. Next week's post will be on Monday to ignore the erroneous data day again (-1 week comparison).