Vicinus

Takeaways:

• All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Piefed(6753), Writefreely(233609), Vernissage(205)
• Positive Daily Growth (6+ of last 7 Days): Piefed(7/7), Pixelfed(7/7), Writefreely(7/7), Vernissage(6/7)
• Weekly Growth (>5%, >500 MAU): Piefed(+5.9%), Pixelfed(+18.5%), Writefreely(+192.3%)

High-Level Notes:

• Writefreely is absolutely exploding right now (3x last week, 23x last month, 100x 3-months ago)
• Piefed is still likely under-counted by a few hundred MAU (due to an activity error, corrected in v1.7) and missing piefed.zip (not counted by fediverse.observer). I'd estimate piefed is at ~7200 right now.
• Vernissage recent growth seems to be just natural (not new update causing people to check it out or a big server being recently found)

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Difference^[1]^:

Change (%)^[1]^:

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB, Analysis Code

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).

Edit: Added the "High-Level Notes" header, removed excess period punctuation, and add piefed estimate sentence.

cross-posted from: https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/976a535d-6f0e-4ae6-9d9f-e1010b35dc6b

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics@piefed.zip/p/1593834/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:

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).

Edit: added a couple commas

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics@piefed.zip/p/1576951/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260614

Takeaways:

• All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Vernissage (168)
• Not a great week, most software lost users

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	4203	4202	4202	4378	5493	1813	1079	6179
Lemmy	35269	35223	35318	35318	37557	35038	47066	72618
Mbin	757	758	757	755	785	728	916	3967
Threadiverse	40229	40183	40277	40451	43835	37579	49061
Mastodon	727346	731847	733466	743655	783003	681829	738272	2737163
NodeBB	63117	63893	64776	64887	52332	35702	69432	76801
Pixelfed	102319	102569	100185	87001	116530	83562	138973	338813
Peertube	51002	51250	52936	47725	41058	27682	28676	53333
Writefreely	10318	10375	18617	13683	8558	971	10506	18802
Loops	4117	3995	4182	4115	6009	2008	26563	29821
Bookwyrm	1193	1197	1184	1535	1573	2815	2866	9429
NeoDB	1757	1753	1770	1751	1850	1758	1748	2025
Friendica	2464	2457	2454	2486	2492	1289	1755	4734
Forgejo	123	123	114	112	103	411	277	1168
Catodon	112	112	119	119	0	0	0	128
Funkwhale	201	202	204	247	303	196	213	1114
Vernissage	161	164	158	142	120	72	93	168
Flohmarkt	12	12	17	15	30	11	0	40
Fediverse	1004471	1010132	1020459	1007924	1057796	875885	1068435

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	1	1	-175	-1290	2390	3124	-1976
Lemmy	46	-49	-49	-2288	231	-11797	-37349
Mbin	-1	0	2	-28	29	-159	-3210
Threadiverse	46	-48	-222	-3606	2650	-8832
Mastodon	-4501	-6120	-16309	-55657	45517	-10926	-2009817
NodeBB	-776	-1659	-1770	10785	27415	-6315	-13684
Pixelfed	-250	2134	15318	-14211	18757	-36654	-236494
Peertube	-248	-1934	3277	9944	23320	22326	-2331
Writefreely	-57	-8299	-3365	1760	9347	-188	-8484
Loops	122	-65	2	-1892	2109	-22446	-25704
Bookwyrm	-4	9	-342	-380	-1622	-1673	-8236
NeoDB	4	-13	6	-93	-1	9	-268
Friendica	7	10	-22	-28	1175	709	-2270
Forgejo	0	9	11	20	-288	-154	-1045
Catodon	0	-7	-7	0	0	0	-16
Funkwhale	-1	-3	-46	-102	5	-12	-913
Vernissage	-3	3	19	41	89	68	-7
Flohmarkt	0	-5	-3	-18	1	0	-28
Fediverse	-5661	-15988	-3453	-53325	128586	-63964

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	0.0%	0.0%	-4.0%	-23.5%	131.8%	289.5%	-32.0%
Lemmy	0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-6.1%	0.7%	-25.1%	-51.4%
Mbin	-0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	-3.6%	4.0%	-17.4%	-80.9%
Threadiverse	0.1%	-0.1%	-0.5%	-8.2%	7.1%	-18.0%
Mastodon	-0.6%	-0.8%	-2.2%	-7.1%	6.7%	-1.5%	-73.4%
NodeBB	-1.2%	-2.6%	-2.7%	20.6%	76.8%	-9.1%	-17.8%
Pixelfed	-0.2%	2.1%	17.6%	-12.2%	22.4%	-26.4%	-69.8%
Peertube	-0.5%	-3.7%	6.9%	24.2%	84.2%	77.9%	-4.4%
Writefreely	-0.5%	-44.6%	-24.6%	20.6%	962.6%	-1.8%	-45.1%
Loops	3.1%	-1.6%	0.0%	-31.5%	105.0%	-84.5%	-86.2%
Bookwyrm	-0.3%	0.8%	-22.3%	-24.2%	-57.6%	-58.4%	-87.3%
NeoDB	0.2%	-0.7%	0.3%	-5.0%	-0.1%	0.5%	-13.2%
Friendica	0.3%	0.4%	-0.9%	-1.1%	91.2%	40.4%	-48.0%
Forgejo	0.0%	7.9%	9.8%	19.4%	-70.1%	-55.6%	-89.5%
Catodon	0.0%	-5.9%	-5.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-12.5%
Funkwhale	-0.5%	-1.5%	-18.6%	-33.7%	2.6%	-5.6%	-82.0%
Vernissage	-1.8%	1.9%	13.4%	34.2%	123.6%	73.1%	-4.2%
Flohmarkt	0.0%	-29.4%	-20.0%	-60.0%	9.1%	0.0%	-70.0%
Fediverse	-0.6%	-1.6%	-0.3%	-5.0%	14.7%	-6.0%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software	Fediverse-Observer^[1]^	FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed	4203	4761
Lemmy	35269	42985
Mbin	757	1312
Threadiverse	40229	49058
Mastodon	727346	979072
NodeBB	63117	10342
Pixelfed	102319	106953
Peertube	51002	46691
Writefreely	10318	9026
Loops	4117	4136
Bookwyrm	1193	3500
NeoDB	1757	1783
Friendica	2464	3182
Forgejo	123	1659
Catodon	112	0
Funkwhale	201	751
Vernissage	161	164
Flohmarkt	12	0
Fediverse	1004471	1216317

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB

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).

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]^:

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	4202	4205	4184	4486	4926	1734	519	6179
Lemmy	35318	35366	35138	35517	39050	35173	47278	72618
Mbin	757	753	750	739	793	736	901	3967
Threadiverse	40277	40324	40072	40742	44769	37643	48698
Mastodon	733466	734236	743224	742967	777825	674907	739300	2737163
NodeBB	64776	65485	61301	66017	51369	37099	66861	76801
Pixelfed	100185	99895	102092	92007	128333	85244	138325	338813
Peertube	52936	53333	50878	42780	41062	26938	29425	53333
Writefreely	18617	18723	17554	5214	8626	958	10544	18802
Loops	4182	4162	4180	4011	6476	1988	26845	29821
Bookwyrm	1184	1184	1108	1904	1541	2811	2921	9429
NeoDB	1770	1768	1748	1753	1858	1715	1740	2025
Friendica	2454	2484	2516	2484	2531	1296	1808	4734
Forgejo	114	100	95	109	110	399	293	1168
Catodon	119	122	125	120	0	0	0	128
Funkwhale	204	204	235	234	300	207	207	1114
Vernissage	158	158	163	130	95	64	93	166
Flohmarkt	17	17	22	16	38	5	0	40
Fediverse	1020459	1022195	1025313	1000488	1064933	871274	1067060

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	-3	18	-284	-724	2468	3683	-1977
Lemmy	-48	180	-199	-3732	145	-11960	-37300
Mbin	4	7	18	-36	21	-144	-3210
Threadiverse	-47	205	-465	-4492	2634	-8421
Mastodon	-770	-9758	-9501	-44359	58559	-5834	-2003697
NodeBB	-709	3475	-1241	13407	27677	-2085	-12025
Pixelfed	290	-1907	8178	-28148	14941	-38140	-238628
Peertube	-397	2058	10156	11874	25998	23511	-397
Writefreely	-106	1063	13403	9991	17659	8073	-185
Loops	20	2	171	-2294	2194	-22663	-25639
Bookwyrm	0	76	-720	-357	-1627	-1737	-8245
NeoDB	2	22	17	-88	55	30	-255
Friendica	-30	-62	-30	-77	1158	646	-2280
Forgejo	14	19	5	4	-285	-179	-1054
Catodon	-3	-6	-1	0	0	0	-9
Funkwhale	0	-31	-30	-96	-3	-3	-910
Vernissage	0	-5	28	63	94	65	-8
Flohmarkt	0	-5	1	-21	12	0	-23
Fediverse	-1736	-4854	19971	-44474	149185	-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%
Mbin	0.5%	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%
Pixelfed	0.3%	-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%
Loops	0.5%	0.0%	4.3%	-35.4%	110.4%	-84.4%	-86.0%
Bookwyrm	0.0%	6.9%	-37.8%	-23.2%	-57.9%	-59.5%	-87.4%
NeoDB	0.1%	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%
Forgejo	14.0%	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%
Funkwhale	0.0%	-13.2%	-12.8%	-32.0%	-1.4%	-1.4%	-81.7%
Vernissage	0.0%	-3.1%	21.5%	66.3%	146.9%	69.9%	-4.8%
Flohmarkt	0.0%	-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]^:

Software	Fediverse-Observer^[1]^	FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed	4202	4799
Lemmy	35318	43019
Mbin	757	1309
Threadiverse	40277	49127
Mastodon	733466	980936
NodeBB	64776	9123
Pixelfed	100185	103010
Peertube	52936	48408
Writefreely	18617	9032
Loops	4182	4194
Bookwyrm	1184	3476
NeoDB	1770	1787
Friendica	2454	3205
Forgejo	114	1655
Catodon	119	0
Funkwhale	204	751
Vernissage	158	165
Flohmarkt	17	0
Fediverse	1020459	1214869

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB

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).

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/fedilytics/p/1539968/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260531

Takeaways:

• All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube, Writefreely, Vernissage
• Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Bookwyrm
• Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Pixelfed, Writefreely, Bookwyrm
• Looks like Bookwyrm, and Lemmy have found their bottoms and are stabilizing.
• Piefed is still bleeding, but possibly slower. Looks like most of the MAU losses are from Piefed.social (see other instance post for more details).

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	4184	4185	4272	4759	6179	1632	384	6179
Lemmy	35138	35102	35266	36217	40418	35313	47488	72618
Mbin	750	752	762	731	808	739	869	3967
Threadiverse	40072	40039	40300	41707	47405	37684	48741
Mastodon	743224	743073	746155	738994	787641	676783	751600	2737163
NodeBB	61301	61320	62738	70019	55025	38520	63298	76801
Pixelfed	102092	102053	94457	99622	119519	77178	109637	338813
Peertube	50878	50979	50151	43587	41181	26691	29459	51366
Writefreely	17554	17484	16606	6202	9628	1027	9332	17607
Loops	4180	4171	4150	3989	8088	1969	27894	29821
Bookwyrm	1108	1098	1034	2277	1563	2805	2968	9429
NeoDB	1748	1746	1748	1816	1868	1730	1755	2025
Friendica	2516	2519	2544	2414	2632	1297	1859	4734
Forgejo	95	101	110	112	114	386	289	1168
Catodon	125	124	123	119	0	0	0	128
Funkwhale	235	231	244	247	267	218	212	1114
Vernissage	163	163	165	153	98	59	95	166
Flohmarkt	22	20	19	30	21	3	0	40
Fediverse	1025313	1025121	1020544	1011288	1075050	866350	1047139

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	-1	-88	-575	-1995	2552	3800	-1995
Lemmy	36	-128	-1079	-5280	-175	-12350	-37480
Mbin	-2	-12	19	-58	11	-119	-3217
Threadiverse	33	-228	-1635	-7333	2388	-8669
Mastodon	151	-2931	4230	-44417	66441	-8376	-1993939
NodeBB	-19	-1437	-8718	6276	22781	-1997	-15500
Pixelfed	39	7635	2470	-17427	24914	-7545	-236721
Peertube	-101	727	7291	9697	24187	21419	-488
Writefreely	70	948	11352	7926	16527	8222	-53
Loops	9	30	191	-3908	2211	-23714	-25641
Bookwyrm	10	74	-1169	-455	-1697	-1860	-8321
NeoDB	2	0	-68	-120	18	-7	-277
Friendica	-3	-28	102	-116	1219	657	-2218
Forgejo	-6	-15	-17	-19	-291	-194	-1073
Catodon	1	2	6	0	0	0	-3
Funkwhale	4	-9	-12	-32	17	23	-879
Vernissage	0	-2	10	65	104	68	-3
Flohmarkt	2	3	-8	1	19	0	-18
Fediverse	192	4769	14025	-49737	158963	-21826

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	-0.0%	-2.1%	-12.1%	-32.3%	156.4%	989.6%	-32.3%
Lemmy	0.1%	-0.4%	-3.0%	-13.1%	-0.5%	-26.0%	-51.6%
Mbin	-0.3%	-1.6%	2.6%	-7.2%	1.5%	-13.7%	-81.1%
Threadiverse	0.1%	-0.6%	-3.9%	-15.5%	6.3%	-17.8%
Mastodon	0.0%	-0.4%	0.6%	-5.6%	9.8%	-1.1%	-72.8%
NodeBB	-0.0%	-2.3%	-12.5%	11.4%	59.1%	-3.2%	-20.2%
Pixelfed	0.0%	8.1%	2.5%	-14.6%	32.3%	-6.9%	-69.9%
Peertube	-0.2%	1.4%	16.7%	23.5%	90.6%	72.7%	-1.0%
Writefreely	0.4%	5.7%	183.0%	82.3%	1609.3%	88.1%	-0.3%
Loops	0.2%	0.7%	4.8%	-48.3%	112.3%	-85.0%	-86.0%
Bookwyrm	0.9%	7.2%	-51.3%	-29.1%	-60.5%	-62.7%	-88.2%
NeoDB	0.1%	0.0%	-3.7%	-6.4%	1.0%	-0.4%	-13.7%
Friendica	-0.1%	-1.1%	4.2%	-4.4%	94.0%	35.3%	-46.9%
Forgejo	-5.9%	-13.6%	-15.2%	-16.7%	-75.4%	-67.1%	-91.9%
Catodon	0.8%	1.6%	5.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-2.3%
Funkwhale	1.7%	-3.7%	-4.9%	-12.0%	7.8%	10.8%	-78.9%
Vernissage	0.0%	-1.2%	6.5%	66.3%	176.3%	71.6%	-1.8%
Flohmarkt	10.0%	15.8%	-26.7%	4.8%	633.3%	0.0%	-45.0%
Fediverse	0.0%	0.5%	1.4%	-4.6%	18.3%	-2.1%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software	Fediverse-Observer^[1]^	FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed	4184	4741
Lemmy	35138	42933
Mbin	750	1299
Threadiverse	40072	48973
Mastodon	743224	989321
NodeBB	61301	5840
Pixelfed	102092	106627
Peertube	50878	47433
Writefreely	17554	9037
Loops	4180	4250
Bookwyrm	1108	3419
NeoDB	1748	1769
Friendica	2516	3272
Forgejo	95	1652
Catodon	125	0
Funkwhale	235	744
Vernissage	163	172
Flohmarkt	22	0
Fediverse	1025313	1222509

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB

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).

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:

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).

!policiesforall@piefed.zip

Welcome to PoliciesForAll, a community for presenting and discussing policies that can be applied broadly by anyone, anywhere, and at any level. The policies should be designed to reduce corruption, improve bottom-up power, add/improve services, reduce financial waste, etc.

“Any arrangement that doesn’t account for bad actors, isn’t a system, it’s a dream.”

Community Rules:

1. (C1) Be helpful. Collaboration and Constructive Criticism are welcome. Being an asshole is not.
2. (C2) Try to use “feeling” language. Ex. ‘I feel that this proposal will have issues with …’, ‘My understanding of the situation is …’. I find it cuts out a lot of drama and misunderstandings.
3. (C3) Policies should aim to be applicable to any group / city / location in the world.
4. (C4) Avoid AI. If you feel strongly enough about a proposal, you should be willing to spend the time to write it up.
5. (C5) Avoid discussing politicians or political active individuals (ex. Trump, Musk). There are other communities for that.
6. (C6) Discussion of political theory is acceptable, as long as it is respectful.
7. (C7) If the post is an link, please provide some context / summary / your thoughts about it.
8. (C8) Links to articles should contain the original article title. Minor edits in [square brackets] for clarity/to reduce clickbait are likely fine.
9. (C9) Provide credit / sources to others whenever possible.
   10 (C10) Label posts, if possible. Ex. [Idea] (solution in search of a problem), [Policy] (proposed solution to a problem), [Inspiration] (ex. an article), [Discussion], [Problem] (identified problem needing a solution).
10. Instance Rules Apply (listed below).

How to Implement Policy (in order of Difficulty):

1. Send an email to the local government (alt. call on phone)
2. Show up in person to city council meetings, public forums, and community events
3. Set a meeting with a local government official to discuss
4. Build coalitions to amplify your message
5. Leverage local media to amplify your voice
6. Others?

Potentially Related Communities:

• !inperson@slrpnk.net

Instance Rules (as of 20260505):

1. (I1) Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.)
2. (I2) No ban evasion on Piefed.zip or on other instances.
3. (I3) No endorsement of hate speech
4. (I4) No self-advertisements or spam
5. (I5) No link-spamming
6. (I6) Bots must be proportional
7. (I7) No vote manipulation
8. (I8) No content against the law in European Union territories (Finland).
9. (I9) Any NSFW post must be tagged as NSFW.

Icon (altered): https://pngtree.com/freepng/government-icon_4769156.html

!fedilytics@piefed.zip

Welcome to Fedilytics (Fediverse Analytics), a community for presenting analytics about the Fediverse. Feel free to contribute your own analyzes to the community, or if you have ideas of what might be interesting to look at, throw up a post describing your thoughts.

“Torture the data and it will confess to anything.” Ronald Coase (Economics, Nobel Prize Laureate)

Community Rules:

1. (C1) Be helpful. Collaboration and Constructive Criticism are welcome. Being an asshole is not.
2. (C2) Try to use “feeling” language. Ex. ‘I feel that this proposal will have issues with …’, ‘My understanding of the situation is …’. I find it cuts out a lot of drama and misunderstandings.
3. (C3) Bias: don’t provided biased analysis (reporting/omission, selection, sampling, etc.).
4. (C4) Avoid AI. If you feel strongly enough about an idea, you should be willing to spend the time to write it up or code it.
5. (C5) Avoid discussing any software personnel issues/conflicts. There are other communities for that.
6. (C6) Repeatability: if you post analytics try and provide a methodology / sources that others could replicate, if they desired.
7. (C7) If the post is an link, please provide some context / summary / your thoughts about it.
8. (C8) Links to articles should contain the original article title. Minor edits in [square brackets] for clarity/to reduce clickbait are likely fine.
9. (C9) Provide credit / sources to others whenever possible.
   10 (C10) Label posts, if possible. Ex. [Idea], [Analysis], [Inspiration] (ex. an article), [Discussion], [Problem] (identified problem needing a solution).
10. Instance Rules Apply (listed below).

Potentially Related Communities:

• !fedigrow@lemmy.zip

Instance Rules (as of 20260505):

1. (I1) Remember the human! (no harassment, threats, etc.)
2. (I2) No ban evasion on Piefed.zip or on other instances.
3. (I3) No endorsement of hate speech
4. (I4) No self-advertisements or spam
5. (I5) No link-spamming
6. (I6) Bots must be proportional
7. (I7) No vote manipulation
8. (I8) No content against the law in European Union territories (Finland).
9. (I9) Any NSFW post must be tagged as NSFW.

Icon (altered): https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/19507876-analysis-icon-design

Takeaways:

• All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube
• Positive Daily Growth (last 7/7 Days): Writefreely
• Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Vernissage
• Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
• Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Peertube

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Difference^[1]^:

Change (%)^[1]^:

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB

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).

Also of Note: I will probably have a threadiverse instance analysis post tomorrow. Still just figuring out how to create a data post about 500+ servers... I guess we'll find out how I did it tomorrow.

Edit: removed a word.

Takeaways:

• Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Friendica
• Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
• Looks like Loops has stabilized (finally) at ~4k. Less than half what it peaked at 2.5 months ago (~8.7k), but still 60% higher than it was 4 months ago (~2.6k). A win in my book.
• Piefed and Lemmy continue to bleed MAU, which isn't surprising, to me, after the 'drama' the past couple weeks (the 'drama' does not need to be relitigated here, If you are curious you can look it up).

Monthly Active Users^[1]^:

Difference^[1]^:

Change (%)^[1]^:

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB

Notes:

1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] 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).

Given the discourse in some of the Rimu posts in the last week, I thought it may be a good idea to do a weekly book club, to align people on anarchist principles. The alignment may not be needed for already identifying individuals, but could be a good way to allow others/outsiders to gain an understanding of anarchism, what it looks like, and what it means to be an anarchist.

I believe you already have something along those lines with the "FAQ Reading Group", but this would be for more historical/established/grounding literature.

The envisioned implementation would be: each week there would be a discussion post for that section/chapter (of a relevant, freely available book/literature) and a statement about the next section/chapter set for discussion the following week.

Let me know what you think.