Growth of the Fediverse (20260412)
Growth of the Fediverse (20260412)
Takeaways:
- All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Catodon, NodeBB
- Positive Daily Growth (last 7/7 Days): Catodon
- Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Friendica
Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): MastodonLooks like Mastodon has a count error and should be around 750k MAU.- Writefreely looks like it lost its major server that had 70% of MAU
- Loops still hasn't found the bottom of its post-spike valley. Introducing starter packs (today?) may help start a new MAU increase.
- Piefed has been 'stable' around 5500 +/- 750 MAU for the last 2 months. Fediverse-observer doesn't show piefed.zip so +169 MAU (via Fedidb).
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 | 5567 | 5634 | 5393 | 5275 | 1907 | 1789 | 379 | 6179 |
| Lemmy | 37037 | 37111 | 37399 | 41253 | 35213 | 37115 | 56022 | 72618 |
| Mbin | 742 | 738 | 758 | 785 | 721 | 768 | 901 | 3967 |
| Catodon | 124 | 122 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| NodeBB | 75880 | 75993 | 73395 | 51674 | 29319 | 32940 | 316 | 75993 |
| Threadiverse | 119350 | 119598 | 117051 | 98987 | 67160 | 72612 | 57618 | |
| Mastodon | 1037189 | 1038081 | 720549 | 779521 | 702332 | 694076 | 858616 | 2737163 |
| Pixelfed | 95985 | 96957 | 105644 | 120314 | 99796 | 99576 | 118624 | 338813 |
| Peertube | 45367 | 45465 | 45026 | 41067 | 26996 | 23747 | 33447 | 45936 |
| Writefreely | 3157 | 11745 | 12594 | 8216 | 1283 | 3335 | 2852 | 14709 |
| Loops | 4369 | 4391 | 4465 | 6109 | 2441 | 1035 | 0 | 29821 |
| Bookwyrm | 1838 | 1821 | 1818 | 1549 | 3456 | 2856 | 9301 | 9429 |
| Friendica | 2521 | 2510 | 2485 | 2483 | 1366 | 1670 | 3284 | 4734 |
| Forgejo | 117 | 114 | 123 | 119 | 490 | 544 | 658 | 1168 |
| Funkwhale | 254 | 255 | 268 | 264 | 231 | 298 | 355 | 1114 |
| Flohmarkt | 18 | 19 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 40 |
| Fediverse | 1310165 | 1320956 | 1010056 | 1058661 | 905584 | 899761 | 1084755 |
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 | -67 | 174 | 292 | 3660 | 3778 | 5188 | -612 |
| Lemmy | -74 | -362 | -4216 | 1824 | -78 | -18985 | -35581 |
| Mbin | 4 | -16 | -43 | 21 | -26 | -159 | -3225 |
| Catodon | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NodeBB | -113 | 2485 | 24206 | 46561 | 42940 | 75564 | -113 |
| Threadiverse | -248 | 2299 | 20363 | 52190 | 46738 | 61732 | |
| Mastodon | -892 | 316640 | 257668 | 334857 | 343113 | 178573 | -1699974 |
| Pixelfed | -972 | -9659 | -24329 | -3811 | -3591 | -22639 | -242828 |
| Peertube | -98 | 341 | 4300 | 18371 | 21620 | 11920 | -569 |
| Writefreely | -8588 | -9437 | -5059 | 1874 | -178 | 305 | -11552 |
| Loops | -22 | -96 | -1740 | 1928 | 3334 | 0 | -25452 |
| Bookwyrm | 17 | 20 | 289 | -1618 | -1018 | -7463 | -7591 |
| Friendica | 11 | 36 | 38 | 1155 | 851 | -763 | -2213 |
| Forgejo | 3 | -6 | -2 | -373 | -427 | -541 | -1051 |
| Funkwhale | -1 | -14 | -10 | 23 | -44 | -101 | -860 |
| Flohmarkt | -1 | -15 | -14 | -15 | 6 | 0 | -22 |
| Fediverse | -10791 | 300109 | 251504 | 404581 | 410404 | 225410 |
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 | -1.2% | 3.2% | 5.5% | 191.9% | 211.2% | 1368.9% | -9.9% |
| Lemmy | -0.2% | -1.0% | -10.2% | 5.2% | -0.2% | -33.9% | -49.0% |
| Mbin | 0.5% | -2.1% | -5.5% | 2.9% | -3.4% | -17.6% | -81.3% |
| Catodon | 1.6% | 17.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| NodeBB | -0.1% | 3.4% | 46.8% | 158.8% | 130.4% | 23912.7% | -0.1% |
| Threadiverse | -0.2% | 2.0% | 20.6% | 77.7% | 64.4% | 107.1% | |
| Mastodon | -0.1% | 43.9% | 33.1% | 47.7% | 49.4% | 20.8% | -62.1% |
| Pixelfed | -1.0% | -9.1% | -20.2% | -3.8% | -3.6% | -19.1% | -71.7% |
| Peertube | -0.2% | 0.8% | 10.5% | 68.1% | 91.0% | 35.6% | -1.2% |
| Writefreely | -73.1% | -74.9% | -61.6% | 146.1% | -5.3% | 10.7% | -78.5% |
| Loops | -0.5% | -2.2% | -28.5% | 79.0% | 322.1% | 0.0% | -85.3% |
| Bookwyrm | 0.9% | 1.1% | 18.7% | -46.8% | -35.6% | -80.2% | -80.5% |
| Friendica | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 84.6% | 51.0% | -23.2% | -46.7% |
| Forgejo | 2.6% | -4.9% | -1.7% | -76.1% | -78.5% | -82.2% | -90.0% |
| Funkwhale | -0.4% | -5.2% | -3.8% | 10.0% | -14.8% | -28.5% | -77.2% |
| Flohmarkt | -5.3% | -45.5% | -43.8% | -45.5% | 50.0% | 0.0% | -55.0% |
| Fediverse | -0.8% | 29.7% | 23.8% | 44.7% | 45.6% | 20.8% |
Tracker Comparison[1,2]:
| Software | Fediverse-Observer[1] | FediDB [2] |
|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 5567 | 5466 |
| Lemmy | 37037 | 48038 |
| Mbin | 742 | 1334 |
| Catodon | 124 | 0 |
| NodeBB | 75880 | 9579 |
| Threadiverse | 119350 | 64417 |
| Mastodon | 1037189 | 993878 |
| Pixelfed | 95985 | 100627 |
| Peertube | 45367 | 41153 |
| Writefreely | 3157 | 13776 |
| Loops | 4369 | 4422 |
| Bookwyrm | 1838 | 4104 |
| Friendica | 2521 | 3194 |
| Forgejo | 117 | 1670 |
| Funkwhale | 254 | 749 |
| Fediverse | 1310165 | 1227990 |
- Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB
Notes:
- Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, Mbin, Catadon, and NodeBB. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [15], not the other [114] 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).