<![CDATA[Growth of the Fediverse (20260816)]]>Takeaways:

  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Vernissage(260)
  • Positive Daily Growth (6+ of last 7 Days): Bookwyrm(6/7), Friendica(7/7)

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 6996 6977 7085 6261 4371 4761 1716 7275
Lemmy 35095 35131 35249 35096 35382 36125 41081 72618
Mbin 889 889 905 1078 748 791 924 3967
Threadiverse 42980 42997 43239 42435 40501 41677 43721
Mastodon 824675 824755 826163 838170 746813 748272 695498 2737163
NodeBB 54029 54677 52409 61564 63786 51518 33047 76801
Pixelfed 111928 111409 111690 87206 88574 101327 90808 338813
Peertube 44487 44261 43873 47406 47317 29201 25425 53333
Loops 4040 4029 4004 4274 4113 7773 26641 29821
Bookwyrm 1392 1381 1328 1177 1351 1441 2981 9429
NeoDB 1748 1744 1743 1758 1763 1842 1713 2025
Friendica 2715 2701 2595 2393 2482 1585 1780 4734
Forgejo 120 118 123 115 110 499 344 1168
Catodon 99 99 102 99 119 0 0 128
Funkwhale 136 137 143 163 242 232 284 1114
Vernissage 254 256 249 156 153 100 110 260
Flohmarkt 20 21 17 19 14 26 0 40
Fediverse 1088623 1088585 1087678 1086935 997338 985493 922352

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 19 -89 735 2625 2235 5280 -279
Lemmy -36 -154 -1 -287 -1030 -5986 -37523
Mbin 0 -16 -189 141 98 -35 -3078
Threadiverse -17 -259 545 2479 1303 -741
Mastodon -80 -1488 -13495 77862 76403 129177 -1912488
NodeBB -648 1620 -7535 -9757 2511 20982 -22772
Pixelfed 519 238 24722 23354 10601 21120 -226885
Peertube 226 614 -2919 -2830 15286 19062 -8846
Loops 11 36 -234 -73 -3733 -22601 -25781
Bookwyrm 11 64 215 41 -49 -1589 -8037
NeoDB 4 5 -10 -15 -94 35 -277
Friendica 14 120 322 233 1130 935 -2019
Forgejo 2 -3 5 10 -379 -224 -1048
Catodon 0 -3 0 -20 0 0 -29
Funkwhale -1 -7 -27 -106 -96 -148 -978
Vernissage -2 5 98 101 154 144 -6
Flohmarkt -1 3 1 6 -6 0 -20
Fediverse 38 945 1688 91285 103130 166271

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 0.3% -1.3% 11.7% 60.1% 46.9% 307.7% -3.8%
Lemmy -0.1% -0.4% -0.0% -0.8% -2.9% -14.6% -51.7%
Mbin 0.0% -1.8% -17.5% 18.9% 12.4% -3.8% -77.6%
Threadiverse -0.0% -0.6% 1.3% 6.1% 3.1% -1.7%
Mastodon -0.0% -0.2% -1.6% 10.4% 10.2% 18.6% -69.9%
NodeBB -1.2% 3.1% -12.2% -15.3% 4.9% 63.5% -29.7%
Pixelfed 0.5% 0.2% 28.3% 26.4% 10.5% 23.3% -67.0%
Peertube 0.5% 1.4% -6.2% -6.0% 52.3% 75.0% -16.6%
Loops 0.3% 0.9% -5.5% -1.8% -48.0% -84.8% -86.5%
Bookwyrm 0.8% 4.8% 18.3% 3.0% -3.4% -53.3% -85.2%
NeoDB 0.2% 0.3% -0.6% -0.9% -5.1% 2.0% -13.7%
Friendica 0.5% 4.6% 13.5% 9.4% 71.3% 52.5% -42.6%
Forgejo 1.7% -2.4% 4.3% 9.1% -76.0% -65.1% -89.7%
Catodon 0.0% -2.9% 0.0% -16.8% 0.0% 0.0% -22.7%
Funkwhale -0.7% -4.9% -16.6% -43.8% -41.4% -52.1% -87.8%
Vernissage -0.8% 2.0% 62.8% 66.0% 154.0% 130.9% -2.3%
Flohmarkt -4.8% 17.6% 5.3% 42.9% -23.1% 0.0% -50.0%
Fediverse 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 9.2% 10.5% 18.0%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 6996 7420
Lemmy 35095 46914
Mbin 889 1303
Threadiverse 42980 55637
Mastodon 824675 963922
NodeBB 54029 13241
Pixelfed 111928 116079
Peertube 44487 41353
Loops 4040 4247
Bookwyrm 1392 3697
NeoDB 1748 1779
Friendica 2715 3413
Forgejo 120 1663
Catodon 99 0
Funkwhale 136 698
Vernissage 254 260
Flohmarkt 20 0
Fediverse 1088623 1205989

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).
]]>https://forum.ieu.app/topic/9e38b049-3b56-4deb-b412-83c57dd24ccd/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260816RSS for NodeSat, 05 Sep 2026 16:17:35 GMTMon, 17 Aug 2026 05:29:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Growth of the Fediverse (20260816) on Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:13:55 GMT]]>So many users on Mastodon and Pixelfed.

I hope with the recent PieFed improvements we can start seeing those posts being crossposted into communities elegantly

]]>https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://retrolemmy.com/comment/21074745https://forum.ieu.app/post/https://retrolemmy.com/comment/21074745Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:13:55 GMT