Is it just me or is Lemmy less active than reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by nerdhd@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So, I got site-wide banned from reddit a while ago due to using the word "purge" on a post and since then I have been using Lemmy more and more. However, one thing that I have noticed is that Lemmy is less active than reddit.

For example, the most comments I have seen a post get is 200, where in reddit I'm confident it would get much more.

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 20 hours ago

Also significantly more bots masquerading as people

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Sure, their bots on their own likely dwarf us as well, but even taking them out reddit is dramatically bigger than us.

Lemmy MAUs is in the thousands.

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this post was submitted on 18 May 2026

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