<![CDATA[Growth of the Instances (20260901)]]>Takeaways

MAU Growth (Highest #):

MAU Growth (>3%, >30 MAU):

  • Piefed: piefed.ca (5.0%), piefed.zip (4.9%)
  • Lemmy: lemmy.ca (3.1%)
  • Mbin: kbin.earth (5.2%, 3 weeks in a row)

Users Returning from Absence (MAU, HYAU):

Stickiest Instance (MAU/HYAU; >30 MAU, >180 Days Active):

  • Piefed: piefed.zip (66%)
  • Lemmy: hexbear.net (65%, 2 weeks in a row)
  • Mbin: kbin.earth (49%, 6 weeks in a row)

Most Prolific Users

Most Posts per Day per User (>30 MAU):

  • Piefed: quokk.au* (0.34, 9 weeks in a row)
  • Lemmy: lemmy.today (0.22)
  • Mbin: tardigram.com (0.50, 10 weeks in a row)

Most Comments per Day per User (>30 MAU):

  • Piefed: quokk.au* (1.02, 12 weeks in a row)
  • Lemmy: hexbear.net (1.19, 4 weeks in a row)
  • Mbin: kbin.earth (0.30, 2 weeks in a row)

Note:

  • Analysis Code is up on Codeburg.
  • Also, my runtime reduction efforts did better than I thought (~60% reduction [~28min -> ~12min]).
  • "*" in the Piefed server names denotes they are using the soft-fork Pylova. I'm going to count them as Piefed servers unless a hard schism occurs.

Monthly Active Users:

Server (Piefed) Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month [30D] 3 Months Ago [90D] Server (Lemmy) Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month [30D] 3 Months Ago [90D] Server (Mbin) Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month [30D] 3 Months Ago [90D]
fedinsfw.app 3710 3720 3788 4013 1886 lemmy.world 13063 13053 13183 13328 13193 fedia.io 486 486 481 458 465
piefed.social 1549 1549 1570 1711 1151 sh.itjust.works 2283 2290 2286 2269 2269 tardigram.com 142 144 146 141
piefed.ca 271 270 258 280 215 lemmy.zip 2232 2227 2216 2159 2104 kbin.earth 141 137 134 131 134
piefed.zip 237 230 226 224 169 lemmy.ml 1875 1854 1866 1926 1941 thebrainbin.org 38 37 39 37 37
piefed.blahaj.zone 224 221 220 178 199 feddit.org 1527 1516 1554 1494 kbin.melroy.org 30 30 24
piefed.world 188 192 206 199 175 hexbear.net 1360 1362 1376 1385 1388 rimworld.gallery 28 30 30 30 25
feddit.online 169 170 164 155 133 lemmy.ca 1315 1309 1275 1282 1287 gehirneimer.de 22 22 22 15 19
quokk.au* 100 100 110 90 96 lemmy.dbzer0.com 1302 1304 1314 1279 1330 moist.catsweat.com 18 18 16 19
anarchist.nexus* 83 85 86 72 87 lemmy.blahaj.zone 959 960 962 922 919 k.fe.derate.me 8 8 7 7
nord.pub 57 56 43 37 programming.dev 830 831 849 851 866 agora.energieincomune.com 5 5 7 27 9
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 39 39 42 47 41 discuss.tchncs.de 657 657 665 687 736 trepa.me 4 4 3
feddit.fr 29 29 25 19 16 lemmygrad.ml 591 591 602 567 619 mbin.linuxnation.social 3 3 3 5
retrofed.com 24 24 26 21 24 sopuli.xyz 557 557 566 563 585 ferment.site 2 2 2 2 2
multiverse.soulism.net 24 24 23 22 21 lemmy.today 435 439 443 423 384 bin.pivox.net 1 1 1 1 1
ero.ani.social 24 24 28 40 slrpnk.net 390 387 391 383 socialnetworks.rodeo 1 1 1 1 1
kopitalk.net 18 18 19 12 14 feddit.uk 342 340 338 333 348
wetshav.ing 12 12 12 14 14 infosec.pub 297 298 303 301 303
piefed.iridescent.nz 10 10 13 5 3 reddthat.com 285 285 279 285 279
queer.irish 10 10 10 14 7 jlai.lu 261 258 264 266 236
bookwyr.me 8 8 7 9 beehaw.org 254 253 256 257 271
Sum 6786 6791 6826 7166 4297 30815 30771 29434 30637 30935 929 928 892 874 717
Average 339 340 379 358 226 1541 1539 1549 1612 1547 62 62 64 67 72
Standard Deviation 862 864 923 938 477 2790 2788 2892 2912 2816 126 126 129 126 144

MAU - Difference:

Server (Piefed) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [30D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Lemmy) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [30D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Mbin) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [30D] -3 Month [90D]
fedinsfw.app -10 -78 -303 1824 lemmy.world 10 -120 -265 -130 fedia.io 0 5 28 21
piefed.social 0 -21 -162 398 sh.itjust.works -7 -3 14 14 tardigram.com -2 -4 1
piefed.ca 1 13 -9 56 lemmy.zip 5 16 73 128 kbin.earth 4 7 10 7
piefed.zip 7 11 13 68 lemmy.ml 21 9 -51 -66 thebrainbin.org 1 -1 1 1
piefed.blahaj.zone 3 4 46 25 feddit.org 11 -27 33 kbin.melroy.org 0 6
piefed.world -4 -18 -11 13 hexbear.net -2 -16 -25 -28 rimworld.gallery -2 -2 -2 3
feddit.online -1 5 14 36 lemmy.ca 6 40 33 28 gehirneimer.de 0 0 7 3
quokk.au* 0 -10 10 4 lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 -12 23 -28 moist.catsweat.com 0 2 -1
anarchist.nexus* -2 -3 11 -4 lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 -3 37 40 k.fe.derate.me 0 1 1
nord.pub 1 14 20 programming.dev -1 -19 -21 -36 agora.energieincomune.com 0 -2 -22 -4
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 0 -3 -8 -2 discuss.tchncs.de 0 -8 -30 -79 trepa.me 0 1
feddit.fr 0 4 10 13 lemmygrad.ml 0 -11 24 -28 mbin.linuxnation.social 0 0 -2
retrofed.com 0 -2 3 0 sopuli.xyz 0 -9 -6 -28 ferment.site 0 0 0 0
multiverse.soulism.net 0 1 2 3 lemmy.today -4 -8 12 51 bin.pivox.net 0 0 0 0
ero.ani.social 0 -4 -16 slrpnk.net 3 -1 7 socialnetworks.rodeo 0 0 0 0
kopitalk.net 0 -1 6 4 feddit.uk 2 4 9 -6
wetshav.ing 0 0 -2 -2 infosec.pub -1 -6 -4 -6
piefed.iridescent.nz 0 -3 5 7 reddthat.com 0 6 0 6
queer.irish 0 0 -4 3 jlai.lu 3 -3 -5 25
bookwyr.me 0 1 -1 beehaw.org 1 -2 -3 -17
Sum -5 -105 -380 2465 44 -146 -212 -120 1 7 21 37
Average -0 -6 -19 130 2 -8 -11 -6 0 0 2 4
Standard Deviation 3 20 78 420 6 30 68 54 1 3 11 7

MAU - Change (%):

Server (Piefed) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [30D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Lemmy) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [30D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Mbin) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [30D] -3 Month [90D]
fedinsfw.app -0.3% -2.1% -7.6% 96.7% lemmy.world 0.1% -0.9% -2.0% -1.0% fedia.io 0.0% 1.0% 6.1% 4.5%
piefed.social 0.0% -1.3% -9.5% 34.6% sh.itjust.works -0.3% -0.1% 0.6% 0.6% tardigram.com -1.4% -2.7% 0.7%
piefed.ca 0.4% 5.0% -3.2% 26.0% lemmy.zip 0.2% 0.7% 3.4% 6.1% kbin.earth 2.9% 5.2% 7.6% 5.2%
piefed.zip 3.0% 4.9% 5.8% 40.2% lemmy.ml 1.1% 0.5% -2.6% -3.4% thebrainbin.org 2.7% -2.6% 2.7% 2.7%
piefed.blahaj.zone 1.4% 1.8% 25.8% 12.6% feddit.org 0.7% -1.7% 2.2% kbin.melroy.org 0.0% 25.0%
piefed.world -2.1% -8.7% -5.5% 7.4% hexbear.net -0.1% -1.2% -1.8% -2.0% rimworld.gallery -6.7% -6.7% -6.7% 12.0%
feddit.online -0.6% 3.0% 9.0% 27.1% lemmy.ca 0.5% 3.1% 2.6% 2.2% gehirneimer.de 0.0% 0.0% 46.7% 15.8%
quokk.au* 0.0% -9.1% 11.1% 4.2% lemmy.dbzer0.com -0.2% -0.9% 1.8% -2.1% moist.catsweat.com 0.0% 12.5% -5.3%
anarchist.nexus* -2.4% -3.5% 15.3% -4.6% lemmy.blahaj.zone -0.1% -0.3% 4.0% 4.4% k.fe.derate.me 0.0% 14.3% 14.3%
nord.pub 1.8% 32.6% 54.1% programming.dev -0.1% -2.2% -2.5% -4.2% agora.energieincomune.com 0.0% -28.6% -81.5% -44.4%
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 0.0% -7.1% -17.0% -4.9% discuss.tchncs.de 0.0% -1.2% -4.4% -10.7% trepa.me 0.0% 33.3%
feddit.fr 0.0% 16.0% 52.6% 81.2% lemmygrad.ml 0.0% -1.8% 4.2% -4.5% mbin.linuxnation.social 0.0% 0.0% -40.0%
retrofed.com 0.0% -7.7% 14.3% 0.0% sopuli.xyz 0.0% -1.6% -1.1% -4.8% ferment.site 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
multiverse.soulism.net 0.0% 4.3% 9.1% 14.3% lemmy.today -0.9% -1.8% 2.8% 13.3% bin.pivox.net 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
ero.ani.social 0.0% -14.3% -40.0% slrpnk.net 0.8% -0.3% 1.8% socialnetworks.rodeo 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
kopitalk.net 0.0% -5.3% 50.0% 28.6% feddit.uk 0.6% 1.2% 2.7% -1.7%
wetshav.ing 0.0% 0.0% -14.3% -14.3% infosec.pub -0.3% -2.0% -1.3% -2.0%
piefed.iridescent.nz 0.0% -23.1% 100.0% 233.3% reddthat.com 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 2.2%
queer.irish 0.0% 0.0% -28.6% 42.9% jlai.lu 1.2% -1.1% -1.9% 10.6%
bookwyr.me 0.0% 14.3% -11.1% beehaw.org 0.4% -0.8% -1.2% -6.3%
Average 0.1% -2.6% 10.7% 35.2% 0.2% -0.4% 0.1% 0.0% -0.2% 1.8% -4.3% 2.1%
Standard Deviation 1.1% 8.6% 31.4% 56.5% 0.5% 1.4% 2.6% 5.7% 2.1% 13.4% 29.7% 18.3%

Retention (Piefed):

Retention (Current) Returning from Absence (MAU, -7D) Returning from Absence (HYAU, -7D) MAU/HYAU (%) MAU/HYAU (%, Relative, >10 MAU) MAU/Total Users (%, Relative, >10 MAU) HYAU/Total Users (%, Relative, >10 MAU) Server Active (Days)
fedinsfw.app -228 -127 48% -3% 14% 16% 192
piefed.social -64 -49 49% -10% -19% -8% 971
piefed.ca 6 -17 49% -7% -44% -40% 452
piefed.zip 2 -10 66% 26% 19% -6% 443
piefed.blahaj.zone 2 0 64% 23% 14% -8% 452
piefed.world -22 -6 44% -16% -30% -17% 450
feddit.online -3 -8 44% -20% -20% 5% 1170
quokk.au* -12 -4 53% -3% 28% 39% 1153
anarchist.nexus* -6 0 49% -4% 2% 6% 378
nord.pub 55% 210
tarte.nuage-libre.fr -5 -1 53% -2% -6% -3% 737
feddit.fr 3 1 69% 32% 14% -13% 496
retrofed.com -3 0 44% -12% 3% 16% 197
multiverse.soulism.net -4 0 33% -34% -39% -9% 230
ero.ani.social -7 0 45% -2% -10% -7% 57
kopitalk.net -1 -1 58% 12% -3% -13% 431
wetshav.ing -1 0 57% 11% 46% 31% 382
piefed.iridescent.nz -1 0 67% 154
queer.irish 0 -1 38% 371
bookwyr.me 40% 445
Sum -344 -223
Average -19 -12 51% -1% -2% -1% 469
Standard Deviation 54 31 10% 18% 25% 19% 313

Returning from Absence (Change in MAU over day – Change in Total Users over day):

  • A positive number shows how many users who haven’t be active in over a month (MAU) or half-year (HYAU) have returned to activity. A negative number means (x) users have stayed away for greater than 1 month (MAU) or 6 months (HYAU).

Retention:

  • MAU/HYAU: Roughly shows how ‘sticky’ the server is. The higher the number, the ‘sticker’ the server.
  • MAU/Total: Roughly indicates short term growth.
  • HYAU/Total: Roughly indicates medium term growth.
  • Relative: Roughly indicates how stickiness or growth compares across instances, relative to how long they have been active (natural logorithmic fit). Positive percent indicates they have an (x)% higher stickiness/growth compared to other instances active for the same amount of time.

Retention (Lemmy):

Retention (Current) Returning from Absence (MAU, -7D) Returning from Absence (HYAU, -7D) MAU/HYAU (%) MAU/HYAU (%, Relative, >10 MAU) MAU/Total Users (%, Relative, >10 MAU) HYAU/Total Users (%, Relative, >10 MAU) Server Active (Days)
lemmy.world -467 -278 57% 9% -3% -8% 1187
sh.itjust.works -49 -28 64% 23% -5% -19% 1184
lemmy.zip -110 -94 55% 6% 161% 156% 1179
lemmy.ml -36 -32 54% -6% -51% -38% 2676
feddit.org 65% 799
hexbear.net -33 -22 65% 26% -34% -47% 1122
lemmy.ca -9 -26 61% 10% 48% 51% 1913
lemmy.dbzer0.com -50 -35 61% 17% -6% -18% 1176
lemmy.blahaj.zone -24 -13 63% 18% 33% 19% 1338
programming.dev -45 -21 56% 7% -2% -5% 1182
discuss.tchncs.de -11 -1 62% 18% 20% 7% 1188
lemmygrad.ml -23 -25 50% -10% -21% -1% 2139
sopuli.xyz -16 -6 64% 14% 41% 39% 2026
lemmy.today -30 -10 58% 10% 101% 89% 1182
slrpnk.net -11 -5 62% 13% 136% 125% 1620
feddit.uk -2 -3 60% 15% 4% -6% 1180
infosec.pub -13 -5 60% 16% -13% -22% 1212
reddthat.com -2 -3 61% 17% -31% -40% 1183
jlai.lu -10 2 59% 13% 76% 60% 1165
beehaw.org -6 -10 50% -8% -73% -68% 1754
Sum -947 -615
Average -50 -32 59% 11% 20% 14% 1420
Standard Deviation 104 63 4% 10% 62% 59% 456

Returning from Absence (Change in MAU over day – Change in Total Users over day):

  • A positive number shows how many users who haven’t be active in over a month (MAU) or half-year (HYAU) have returned to activity. A negative number means (x) users have stayed away for greater than 1 month (MAU) or 6 months (HYAU).

Retention:

  • MAU/HYAU: Roughly shows how ‘sticky’ the server is. The higher the number, the ‘sticker’ the server.
  • MAU/Total: Roughly indicates short term growth.
  • HYAU/Total: Roughly indicates medium term growth.
  • Relative: Roughly indicates how stickiness or growth compares across instances, relative to how long they have been active (natural logorithmic fit). Positive percent indicates they have an (x)% higher stickiness/growth compared to other instances active for the same amount of time.

Retention (Mbin):

Retention (Current) Returning from Absence (MAU, -7D) Returning from Absence (HYAU, -7D) MAU/HYAU (%) MAU/HYAU (%, Relative, >10 MAU) MAU/Total Users (%, Relative, >10 MAU) HYAU/Total Users (%, Relative, >10 MAU) Server Active (Days)
fedia.io -16 -10 47% 23% -26% -38% 1179
tardigram.com -8 -5 49% -1% -2% -1% 73
kbin.earth -4 -2 49% 26% 52% 24% 986
thebrainbin.org -4 0 40% 6% 26% 21% 1173
kbin.melroy.org 34% 1171
rimworld.gallery -7 0 22% -43% -55% -19% 1148
gehirneimer.de -2 0 48% 26% 53% 24% 1169
moist.catsweat.com 2 0 28% -27% -37% -11% 1147
k.fe.derate.me 0 0 31% 1170
agora.energieincomune.com -2 0 8% 152
trepa.me 0 0 100% 574
mbin.linuxnation.social 0 0 43% 54
ferment.site 0 0 25% 502
bin.pivox.net 0 0 100% 503
socialnetworks.rodeo 0 0 100% 1165
Sum -41 -17
Average -3 -1 48% 1% 2% 0% 811
Standard Deviation 5 3 29% 27% 43% 24% 450

Returning from Absence (Change in MAU over day – Change in Total Users over day):

  • A positive number shows how many users who haven’t be active in over a month (MAU) or half-year (HYAU) have returned to activity. A negative number means (x) users have stayed away for greater than 1 month (MAU) or 6 months (HYAU).

Retention:

  • MAU/HYAU: Roughly shows how ‘sticky’ the server is. The higher the number, the ‘sticker’ the server.
  • MAU/Total: Roughly indicates short term growth.
  • HYAU/Total: Roughly indicates medium term growth.
  • Relative: Roughly indicates how stickiness or growth compares across instances, relative to how long they have been active (natural logorithmic fit). Positive percent indicates they have an (x)% higher stickiness/growth compared to other instances active for the same amount of time.

Piefed Activity

Activity Posts/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Posts/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Comments/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Comments/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic) (P+C)/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) (P+C)/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic)
fedinsfw.app 201 : 183 0.05 : 0.05 110 : 124 0.03 : 0.03 311 : 308 0.08 : 0.08
piefed.social 55 : 58 0.03 : 0.04 52 : 215 0.03 : 0.14 107 : 274 0.07 : 0.17
piefed.ca 41 : 23 0.16 : 0.09 170 : 75 0.66 : 0.29 211 : 99 0.82 : 0.38
piefed.zip 25 : 18 0.11 : 0.08 145 : 98 0.64 : 0.43 170 : 116 0.75 : 0.51
piefed.blahaj.zone 28 : 29 0.13 : 0.13 109 : 92 0.49 : 0.42 137 : 122 0.62 : 0.55
piefed.world 45 : 30 0.22 : 0.14 126 : 99 0.61 : 0.48 171 : 129 0.83 : 0.63
feddit.online 14 : 4 0.09 : 0.02 62 : 16 0.38 : 0.10 77 : 19 0.47 : 0.12
quokk.au* 37 : 11 0.34 : 0.10 112 : 23 1.02 : 0.21 149 : 33 1.36 : 0.30
anarchist.nexus* 0 : 2 0.00 : 0.03 69 : 48 0.81 : 0.55 70 : 50 0.81 : 0.58
nord.pub : : : : : :
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 5 : 5 0.12 : 0.13 8 : 8 0.19 : 0.19 13 : 14 0.31 : 0.32
feddit.fr 3 : 3 0.13 : 0.11 1 : 2 0.05 : 0.08 4 : 5 0.18 : 0.19
retrofed.com 1 : 1 0.03 : 0.03 6 : 8 0.23 : 0.31 7 : 9 0.26 : 0.34
multiverse.soulism.net 1 : 1 0.06 : 0.06 17 : 18 0.73 : 0.78 18 : 19 0.78 : 0.84
ero.ani.social 3 : 2 0.09 : 0.06 1 : 0 0.02 : 0.01 3 : 2 0.11 : 0.07
kopitalk.net 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.02 0 : 1 0.01 : 0.03 0 : 1 0.01 : 0.06
wetshav.ing 1 : 1 0.10 : 0.06 -2 : 3 -0.15 : 0.28 -1 : 4 -0.06 : 0.34
piefed.iridescent.nz 0 : 0 0.02 : 0.00 0 : 0 0.01 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.03 : 0.01
queer.irish 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.02 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.00 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.02
bookwyr.me : : : : : :
Sum 460 : 371 1.68 : 1.17 986 : 830 5.76 : 4.34 1447 : 1204 7.43 : 5.51
Average 26 : 21 0.09 : 0.06 55 : 46 0.32 : 0.24 80 : 67 0.41 : 0.31
Standard Deviation 48 : 43 0.09 : 0.04 59 : 60 0.35 : 0.22 93 : 94 0.41 : 0.24

Note: 'Historical' rates are going to be biased toward being lower than current (fewer users before now/historically). 'Last Week [7D]' > 'Historic' indicates the instance is likely not declining (greater activity this week than previously.

Lemmy Activity

Activity Posts/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Posts/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Comments/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Comments/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic) (P+C)/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) (P+C)/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic)
lemmy.world 562 : 642 0.04 : 0.05 4531 : 5844 0.34 : 0.44 5093 : 6491 0.39 : 0.49
sh.itjust.works 231 : 122 0.10 : 0.05 1093 : 1266 0.48 : 0.55 1324 : 1389 0.58 : 0.61
lemmy.zip 101 : 86 0.05 : 0.04 875 : 395 0.39 : 0.18 976 : 482 0.44 : 0.22
lemmy.ml 91 : 80 0.05 : 0.04 645 : 404 0.35 : 0.22 736 : 484 0.39 : 0.26
feddit.org : : : : : :
hexbear.net 116 : 376 0.08 : 0.27 1633 : 4989 1.19 : 3.63 1749 : 5367 1.27 : 3.90
lemmy.ca 74 : 55 0.06 : 0.04 772 : 455 0.61 : 0.36 846 : 511 0.66 : 0.40
lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 : 57 0.03 : 0.04 557 : 523 0.42 : 0.40 602 : 580 0.46 : 0.44
lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 : 37 0.03 : 0.04 407 : 353 0.42 : 0.37 440 : 391 0.46 : 0.41
programming.dev 24 : 23 0.03 : 0.03 50 : 249 0.06 : 0.29 74 : 273 0.09 : 0.32
discuss.tchncs.de 36 : 25 0.05 : 0.04 209 : 241 0.31 : 0.36 244 : 267 0.37 : 0.40
lemmygrad.ml 27 : 48 0.04 : 0.08 230 : 265 0.38 : 0.44 257 : 313 0.43 : 0.52
sopuli.xyz 40 : 36 0.07 : 0.06 279 : 161 0.49 : 0.29 320 : 198 0.57 : 0.35
lemmy.today 96 : 16 0.22 : 0.04 411 : 186 0.93 : 0.42 507 : 203 1.14 : 0.46
slrpnk.net 40 : 40 0.10 : 0.10 237 : 141 0.61 : 0.36 276 : 181 0.71 : 0.46
feddit.uk 16 : 33 0.05 : 0.10 127 : 175 0.37 : 0.52 143 : 207 0.42 : 0.61
infosec.pub 37 : 25 0.12 : 0.08 105 : 93 0.35 : 0.31 142 : 118 0.47 : 0.39
reddthat.com 3 : 92 0.01 : 0.33 80 : 145 0.29 : 0.52 83 : 237 0.30 : 0.85
jlai.lu 13 : 23 0.05 : 0.09 67 : 101 0.25 : 0.38 80 : 123 0.30 : 0.47
beehaw.org 7 : 18 0.03 : 0.07 55 : 147 0.21 : 0.57 61 : 165 0.24 : 0.64
Sum 1593 : 1834 1.21 : 1.59 12363 : 16133 8.45 : 10.61 13953 : 17980 9.69 : 12.20
Average 84 : 97 0.06 : 0.08 651 : 849 0.44 : 0.56 734 : 946 0.51 : 0.64
Standard Deviation 128 : 155 0.05 : 0.08 1029 : 1637 0.26 : 0.75 1152 : 1789 0.28 : 0.80

Note: 'Historical' rates are going to be biased toward being lower than current (fewer users before now/historically). 'Last Week [7D]' > 'Historic' indicates the instance is likely not declining (greater activity this week than previously.

Mbin Activity

Activity Posts/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Posts/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Comments/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) Comments/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic) (P+C)/Day (Last Week [7D]: Historic) (P+C)/Day/MAU (Last Week [7D]: Historic)
fedia.io 7 : 12 0.02 : 0.03 107 : 136 0.22 : 0.28 114 : 148 0.24 : 0.31
tardigram.com 73 : 387 0.50 : 2.65 34 : 254 0.24 : 1.74 107 : 642 0.73 : 4.40
kbin.earth 10 : 6 0.07 : 0.05 40 : 43 0.30 : 0.32 50 : 50 0.37 : 0.37
thebrainbin.org 2 : 1 0.05 : 0.03 7 : 4 0.17 : 0.11 9 : 6 0.22 : 0.15
kbin.melroy.org : : : : : :
rimworld.gallery 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 1 0.01 : 0.02 0 : 1 0.01 : 0.04
gehirneimer.de 0 : 0 0.01 : 0.01 2 : 1 0.10 : 0.05 2 : 1 0.10 : 0.06
moist.catsweat.com -19 : 1 -1.20 : 0.06 2 : 9 0.12 : 0.54 -17 : 10 -1.08 : 0.60
k.fe.derate.me 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.05 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.06
agora.energieincomune.com : : : : : :
trepa.me 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.03 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.04
mbin.linuxnation.social 0 : 0 0.05 : 0.06 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.05 : 0.07
ferment.site 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.02
bin.pivox.net 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.09 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.04 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.14
socialnetworks.rodeo 0 : 0.00 : : : 0 : 0.00 :
Sum 73 : 407 -0.50 : 3.02 192 : 448 1.16 : 3.20 265 : 858 0.64 : 6.26
Average 6 : 34 -0.04 : 0.25 16 : 37 0.10 : 0.27 20 : 72 0.05 : 0.52
Standard Deviation 21 : 111 0.37 : 0.76 32 : 79 0.11 : 0.49 43 : 185 0.40 : 1.23

Note: 'Historical' rates are going to be biased toward being lower than current (fewer users before now/historically). 'Last Week [7D]' > 'Historic' indicates the instance is likely not declining (greater activity this week than previously.

Software Comparison:

Meta Analysis (Current) Servers Servers (Alive %, #) Average Alive Server Age (Days) Avg Users per Alive Server^1^ Single User Servers (% of Alive, (#)) Uniformity Method 1 (Lower Better) Uniformity Method 2 (Higher Better)
Piefed 110 57% (63) 336 167 35% (22) 9% 21%
Lemmy 596 54% (322) 841 255 57% (185) 3% 21%
Mbin 23 65% (15) 811 71 13% (2) 14% 30%

Note:

  • "*" in the Piefed server names denotes they are using the soft-fork Pylova. I'm going to count them as Piefed servers unless a hard schism occurs.
  • [1] % does not include single user servers.
  • Alive servers are responsive servers with > 0 MAU.

Uniformity Method 1: Relative MAU Standard Deviation (%)^1^ - More accurate representation of uniformity.

Uniformity Method 2: Median to Mean (>10 MAU, %) - More distribution-shape dependent and more variable with fewer data points.

Sources: List of Instances - Fediverse-Observer, Analysis Code

Notes:

  1. Up to the top 20 most populated (MAU) instances are analyzed.
  2. Please let me know if you have any calculations you would like me to run.
  3. I can now selectively remove servers from the analysis. If you see any servers that shouldn't be there, let me know (with a reason).
  4. I can now easily selectively identify servers running forks. If you see any servers that aren't identified as such, let me know.

Edit: Forgot to delete a now extraneous sentence.

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