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Growth of the Fediverse (20260329)
(piefed.zip)
Takeaways:
- All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Peertube
- Funkwhale 2.0 doesn't appear to be having a significant impact boosting their MAU
- Loops continues to decline (4.8k MAU), now less than 2x their pre-January boost numbers (2.6k MAU)
- Piefed may be stabilizing at ~2.5x (5.3k MAU) their pre-January boost numbers (2.1k MAU)
- Middling negative week for the threadiverse
- Middling positive week overall for the Fediverse (bolstered by Mastodon and 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 | 5285 | 5284 | 5796 | 5931 | 1937 | 1791 | 352 | 6179 |
| Lemmy | 36803 | 36817 | 37098 | 39104 | 34989 | 37490 | 54994 | 72618 |
| Mbin | 740 | 740 | 756 | 823 | 704 | 819 | 879 | 3967 |
| Threadiverse | 42828 | 42841 | 43650 | 45858 | 37630 | 40100 | 56225 | |
| Mastodon | 761307 | 723429 | 757827 | 791555 | 684378 | 697388 | 875239 | 2737163 |
| Pixelfed | 106671 | 106552 | 106764 | 114921 | 69962 | 114027 | 139474 | 338813 |
| Peertube | 45477 | 45513 | 43799 | 41296 | 27589 | 24608 | 35279 | 45513 |
| Loops | 4769 | 4854 | 5701 | 8658 | 2206 | 26575 | 0 | 29821 |
| Bookwyrm | 1706 | 1695 | 1733 | 1619 | 2908 | 2919 | 8747 | 9429 |
| Friendica | 2502 | 2509 | 2469 | 2660 | 1296 | 1691 | 3454 | 4734 |
| Forgejo | 131 | 133 | 115 | 122 | 539 | 390 | 489 | 1168 |
| Funkwhale | 290 | 290 | 302 | 270 | 191 | 238 | 429 | 1114 |
| Flohmarkt | 26 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Fediverse | 965707 | 927839 | 962380 | 1006983 | 826717 | 907936 | 1119336 |
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 | -511 | -646 | 3348 | 3494 | 4933 | -894 |
| Lemmy | -14 | -295 | -2301 | 1814 | -687 | -18191 | -35815 |
| Mbin | 0 | -16 | -83 | 36 | -79 | -139 | -3227 |
| Threadiverse | -13 | -822 | -3030 | 5198 | 2728 | -13397 | |
| Mastodon | 37878 | 3480 | -30248 | 76929 | 63919 | -113932 | -1975856 |
| Pixelfed | 119 | -93 | -8250 | 36709 | -7356 | -32803 | -232142 |
| Peertube | -36 | 1678 | 4181 | 17888 | 20869 | 10198 | -36 |
| Loops | -85 | -932 | -3889 | 2563 | -21806 | 0 | -25052 |
| Bookwyrm | 11 | -27 | 87 | -1202 | -1213 | -7041 | -7723 |
| Friendica | -7 | 33 | -158 | 1206 | 811 | -952 | -2232 |
| Forgejo | -2 | 16 | 9 | -408 | -259 | -358 | -1037 |
| Funkwhale | 0 | -12 | 20 | 99 | 52 | -139 | -824 |
| Flohmarkt | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -14 |
| Fediverse | 37868 | 3327 | -41276 | 138990 | 57771 | -153629 |
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% | -8.8% | -10.9% | 172.8% | 195.1% | 1401.4% | -14.5% |
| Lemmy | -0.0% | -0.8% | -5.9% | 5.2% | -1.8% | -33.1% | -49.3% |
| Mbin | 0.0% | -2.1% | -10.1% | 5.1% | -9.6% | -15.8% | -81.3% |
| Threadiverse | -0.0% | -1.9% | -6.6% | 13.8% | 6.8% | -23.8% | |
| Mastodon | 5.2% | 0.5% | -3.8% | 11.2% | 9.2% | -13.0% | -72.2% |
| Pixelfed | 0.1% | -0.1% | -7.2% | 52.5% | -6.5% | -23.5% | -68.5% |
| Peertube | -0.1% | 3.8% | 10.1% | 64.8% | 84.8% | 28.9% | -0.1% |
| Loops | -1.8% | -16.3% | -44.9% | 116.2% | -82.1% | 0.0% | -84.0% |
| Bookwyrm | 0.6% | -1.6% | 5.4% | -41.3% | -41.6% | -80.5% | -81.9% |
| Friendica | -0.3% | 1.3% | -5.9% | 93.1% | 48.0% | -27.6% | -47.1% |
| Forgejo | -1.5% | 13.9% | 7.4% | -75.7% | -66.4% | -73.2% | -88.8% |
| Funkwhale | 0.0% | -4.0% | 7.4% | 51.8% | 21.8% | -32.4% | -74.0% |
| Flohmarkt | 13.0% | 30.0% | 8.3% | 44.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -35.0% |
| Fediverse | 4.1% | 0.3% | -4.1% | 16.8% | 6.4% | -13.7% |
Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:
| Software | Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ | FediDB ^[2]^ |
|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 5285 | 5591 |
| Lemmy | 36803 | 47763 |
| Mbin | 740 | 1349 |
| Threadiverse | 42828 | 54703 |
| Mastodon | 761307 | 1002327 |
| Pixelfed | 106671 | 111005 |
| Peertube | 45477 | 41263 |
| Loops | 4769 | 4844 |
| Bookwyrm | 1706 | 3922 |
| Friendica | 2502 | 3244 |
| Forgejo | 131 | 1414 |
| Funkwhale | 290 | 757 |
| Fediverse | 965707 | 1223479 |
- Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB
Notes:
- Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [12], not the other [117] 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).
Edit:
- In previous posts I said there was a 3 week gap in the Loops data about a year ago. Looks like I was confus~~ed~~ing data from a following variable as continuation of the previous Loops data. Apologizes for any confusion. Loops data starts 20250522.
- Added a comment about potential Piefed stabilization.