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]:
| 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 | 4427 | 4452 | 4652 | 5710 | 4633 | 1574 | 344 | 6179 |
| Lemmy | 35526 | 35592 | 35985 | 37123 | 36366 | 36234 | 49609 | 72618 |
| Mbin | 738 | 736 | 731 | 743 | 783 | 716 | 800 | 3967 |
| Threadiverse | 40691 | 40780 | 41368 | 43576 | 41782 | 38524 | 50753 | |
| Mastodon | 743661 | 742685 | 735489 | 752673 | 757276 | 679000 | 795385 | 2737163 |
| NodeBB | 65315 | 65769 | 66511 | 75916 | 50252 | 36168 | 281 | 76801 |
| Pixelfed | 91900 | 91711 | 97390 | 99311 | 103265 | 84413 | 98368 | 338813 |
| Peertube | 43220 | 42738 | 42689 | 45396 | 29721 | 26919 | 35136 | 45936 |
| Writefreely | 6906 | 5928 | 5565 | 13209 | 1308 | 1321 | 7811 | 14709 |
| Loops | 4027 | 4007 | 4015 | 4397 | 7342 | 1204 | 0 | 29821 |
| Bookwyrm | 1789 | 1869 | 2193 | 1807 | 1557 | 3003 | 4081 | 9429 |
| NeoDB | 1746 | 1743 | 1810 | 1801 | 1880 | 1731 | 1774 | 2025 |
| Friendica | 2484 | 2494 | 2398 | 2502 | 1537 | 1418 | 2915 | 4734 |
| Forgejo | 113 | 111 | 112 | 116 | 508 | 657 | 340 | 1168 |
| Catodon | 120 | 120 | 117 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| Funkwhale | 240 | 235 | 245 | 260 | 241 | 285 | 285 | 1114 |
| Flohmarkt | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
| Fediverse | 1002226 | 1000207 | 999921 | 1041104 | 996708 | 874650 | 997129 |
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 | -25 | -225 | -1283 | -206 | 2853 | 4083 | -1752 |
| Lemmy | -66 | -459 | -1597 | -840 | -708 | -14083 | -37092 |
| Mbin | 2 | 7 | -5 | -45 | 22 | -62 | -3229 |
| Threadiverse | -89 | -677 | -2885 | -1091 | 2167 | -10062 | |
| Mastodon | 976 | 8172 | -9012 | -13615 | 64661 | -51724 | -1993502 |
| NodeBB | -454 | -1196 | -10601 | 15063 | 29147 | 65034 | -11486 |
| Pixelfed | 189 | -5490 | -7411 | -11365 | 7487 | -6468 | -246913 |
| Peertube | 482 | 531 | -2176 | 13499 | 16301 | 8084 | -2716 |
| Writefreely | 978 | 1341 | -6303 | 5598 | 5585 | -905 | -7803 |
| Loops | 20 | 12 | -370 | -3315 | 2823 | 0 | -25794 |
| Bookwyrm | -80 | -404 | -18 | 232 | -1214 | -2292 | -7640 |
| NeoDB | 3 | -64 | -55 | -134 | 15 | -28 | -279 |
| Friendica | -10 | 86 | -18 | 947 | 1066 | -431 | -2250 |
| Forgejo | 2 | 1 | -3 | -395 | -544 | -227 | -1055 |
| Catodon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Funkwhale | 5 | -5 | -20 | -1 | -45 | -45 | -874 |
| Flohmarkt | -3 | -5 | -6 | -25 | 7 | 0 | -26 |
| Fediverse | 2019 | 2305 | -38878 | 5518 | 127576 | 5097 |
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 | -0.6% | -4.8% | -22.5% | -4.4% | 181.3% | 1186.9% | -28.4% |
| Lemmy | -0.2% | -1.3% | -4.3% | -2.3% | -2.0% | -28.4% | -51.1% |
| Mbin | 0.3% | 1.0% | -0.7% | -5.7% | 3.1% | -7.8% | -81.4% |
| Threadiverse | -0.2% | -1.6% | -6.6% | -2.6% | 5.6% | -19.8% | |
| Mastodon | 0.1% | 1.1% | -1.2% | -1.8% | 9.5% | -6.5% | -72.8% |
| NodeBB | -0.7% | -1.8% | -14.0% | 30.0% | 80.6% | 23143.8% | -15.0% |
| Pixelfed | 0.2% | -5.6% | -7.5% | -11.0% | 8.9% | -6.6% | -72.9% |
| Peertube | 1.1% | 1.2% | -4.8% | 45.4% | 60.6% | 23.0% | -5.9% |
| Writefreely | 16.5% | 24.1% | -47.7% | 428.0% | 422.8% | -11.6% | -53.0% |
| Loops | 0.5% | 0.3% | -8.4% | -45.2% | 234.5% | 0.0% | -86.5% |
| Bookwyrm | -4.3% | -18.4% | -1.0% | 14.9% | -40.4% | -56.2% | -81.0% |
| NeoDB | 0.2% | -3.5% | -3.1% | -7.1% | 0.9% | -1.6% | -13.8% |
| Friendica | -0.4% | 3.6% | -0.7% | 61.6% | 75.2% | -14.8% | -47.5% |
| Forgejo | 1.8% | 0.9% | -2.6% | -77.8% | -82.8% | -66.8% | -90.3% |
| Catodon | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -6.2% |
| Funkwhale | 2.1% | -2.0% | -7.7% | -0.4% | -15.8% | -15.8% | -78.5% |
| Flohmarkt | -17.6% | -26.3% | -30.0% | -64.1% | 100.0% | 0.0% | -65.0% |
| Fediverse | 0.2% | 0.2% | -3.7% | 0.6% | 14.6% | 0.5% |
Tracker Comparison[1,2]:
| Software | Fediverse-Observer[1] | FediDB [2] |
|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 4427 | 5014 |
| Lemmy | 35526 | 46851 |
| Mbin | 738 | 1308 |
| Threadiverse | 40691 | 53173 |
| Mastodon | 743661 | 988458 |
| NodeBB | 65315 | 5231 |
| Pixelfed | 91900 | 96285 |
| Peertube | 43220 | 40236 |
| Writefreely | 6906 | 13231 |
| Loops | 4027 | 4044 |
| Bookwyrm | 1789 | 4123 |
| NeoDB | 1746 | 1767 |
| Friendica | 2484 | 3225 |
| Forgejo | 113 | 1658 |
| Catodon | 120 | 0 |
| Funkwhale | 240 | 745 |
| Fediverse | 1002226 | 1212176 |
- Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB
Notes:
- Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] 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).
I looked up “PieFed drama” (without quotes) and didn’t seem to find anything. Would be curious to know what’s being referred to there…
The only drama I am aware of recently was a piefed admin blocking some smaller anarchist instances, but it stirred up a shit storm and they reversed it. Not sure if that is the drama in question.
It was one of lemmy.world admins
It’s mostly stuff on [email protected] and [email protected]