<![CDATA[Growth of the Instances (20260825)]]>Takeaways

MAU Growth (Highest #):

  • Piefed: piefed.blahaj.zone (35)
  • Lemmy: lemmy.zip (44)
  • Mbin: fedia.io (13)

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

Users Returning from Absence (MAU, HYAU):

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

  • Piefed: piefed.blahaj.zone (63%)
  • Lemmy: hexbear.net (66%)
  • Mbin: kbin.earth (48%)

Most Prolific Users

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

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

Note:

  • Changed the "-1 Month" data analysis to be 28D instead of 30D, because there is missing data 30D ago. Probably change it back next week.
  • Added all the features I wanted to (got a ~40% reduction in run time [~28min -> ~16min]), so a little code clean up and I'll throw the analysis up on Codeburg.
  • "*" 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 [28D] 3 Months Ago [90D] Server (Lemmy) Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month [28D] 3 Months Ago [90D] Server (Mbin) Current Yesterday[1D] Last Week[7D] Last Month [28D] 3 Months Ago [90D]
fedinsfw.app 3771 3768 3827 3910 1845 lemmy.world 13183 13191 13238 13282 13013 fedia.io 479 482 466 461 464
piefed.social 1567 1565 1553 1668 1184 sh.itjust.works 2286 2296 2289 2261 2291 tardigram.com 145 143 141 141
piefed.ca 257 255 257 279 215 lemmy.zip 2216 2172 2134 2063 kbin.earth 135 134 131 129 131
piefed.zip 226 226 231 215 173 lemmy.ml 1866 1870 1895 1889 1931 thebrainbin.org 40 35 34 37 37
piefed.blahaj.zone 220 220 185 169 200 hexbear.net 1376 1376 1382 1394 1382 rimworld.gallery 31 30 29 22 26
piefed.world 206 213 217 190 177 lemmy.dbzer0.com 1314 1330 1297 1268 1348 gehirneimer.de 22 21 20 12 18
feddit.online 163 163 157 151 lemmy.ca 1275 1261 1260 1260 1278 moist.catsweat.com 16 15 21 20
quokk.au* 110 110 106 81 105 lemmy.blahaj.zone 962 963 963 907 903 agora.energieincomune.com 7 8 9 31 6
anarchist.nexus* 85 85 86 71 89 programming.dev 849 853 831 841 857 k.fe.derate.me 7 7 7 5
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 42 40 38 46 discuss.tchncs.de 665 664 668 676 743 mbin.linuxnation.social 3 2 2 5
ero.ani.social 28 28 40 lemmygrad.ml 602 605 584 558 634 trepa.me 3 3 1
retrofed.com 26 26 25 21 26 sopuli.xyz 566 565 577 570 579 ferment.site 2 2 2 2 4
feddit.fr 25 25 21 20 16 lemmy.today 443 441 433 410 391 bin.pivox.net 1 1 1 1
multiverse.soulism.net 23 24 26 22 23 slrpnk.net 391 386 391 385 385 socialnetworks.rodeo 1 1 1 1 1
kopitalk.net 19 19 16 11 15 feddit.uk 338 338 338 333 358 mbin.cocopoops.com 1 1 1 1
wetshav.ing 12 12 12 14 12 infosec.pub 303 301 311 303 303
queer.irish 10 9 8 12 3 reddthat.com 279 280 283 291 269
piefed.iridescent.nz 10 9 14 5 5 jlai.lu 264 265 269 260 228
pf.korako.me 6 6 6 7 7 beehaw.org 256 257 257 253
piefed.zeromedia.vip 4 4 3 5 thelemmy.club 212 197 220 206
Sum 6810 6775 6817 6935 4100 29646 27242 29635 29495 29162 893 884 866 868 688
Average 340 376 341 347 241 1482 1513 1482 1475 1535 60 63 58 62 76
Standard Deviation 877 919 888 915 499 2831 2974 2843 2853 2855 125 129 122 124 151

MAU - Difference:

Server (Piefed) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [28D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Lemmy) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [28D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Mbin) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [28D] -3 Month [90D]
fedinsfw.app 3 -56 -139 1926 lemmy.world -8 -55 -99 170 fedia.io -3 13 18 15
piefed.social 2 14 -101 383 sh.itjust.works -10 -3 25 -5 tardigram.com 2 4 4
piefed.ca 2 0 -22 42 lemmy.zip 44 82 153 kbin.earth 1 4 6 4
piefed.zip 0 -5 11 53 lemmy.ml -4 -29 -23 -65 thebrainbin.org 5 6 3 3
piefed.blahaj.zone 0 35 51 20 hexbear.net 0 -6 -18 -6 rimworld.gallery 1 2 9 5
piefed.world -7 -11 16 29 lemmy.dbzer0.com -16 17 46 -34 gehirneimer.de 1 2 10 4
feddit.online 0 6 12 lemmy.ca 14 15 15 -3 moist.catsweat.com 1 -5 -4
quokk.au* 0 4 29 5 lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 -1 55 59 agora.energieincomune.com -1 -2 -24 1
anarchist.nexus* 0 -1 14 -4 programming.dev -4 18 8 -8 k.fe.derate.me 0 0 2
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 4 -4 discuss.tchncs.de 1 -3 -11 -78 mbin.linuxnation.social 1 1 -2
ero.ani.social 0 -12 lemmygrad.ml -3 18 44 -32 trepa.me 0 2
retrofed.com 0 1 5 0 sopuli.xyz 1 -11 -4 -13 ferment.site 0 0 0 -2
feddit.fr 0 4 5 9 lemmy.today 2 10 33 52 bin.pivox.net 0 0 0
multiverse.soulism.net -1 -3 1 0 slrpnk.net 5 0 6 6 socialnetworks.rodeo 0 0 0 0
kopitalk.net 0 3 8 4 feddit.uk 0 0 5 -20 mbin.cocopoops.com 0 0 0
wetshav.ing 0 0 -2 0 infosec.pub 2 -8 0 0
queer.irish 1 2 -2 7 reddthat.com -1 -4 -12 10
piefed.iridescent.nz 1 -4 5 5 jlai.lu -1 -5 4 36
pf.korako.me 0 0 -1 -1 beehaw.org -1 -1 3
piefed.zeromedia.vip 0 1 -1 thelemmy.club 15 -8 6
Sum 3 -7 -125 2477 -24 11 151 228 8 27 22 30
Average 0 -0 -6 146 -1 1 8 12 1 2 2 3
Standard Deviation 2 16 42 468 6 20 37 63 2 4 9 5

MAU - Change (%):

Server (Piefed) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [28D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Lemmy) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [28D] -3 Month [90D] Server (Mbin) -1 Day[-1D] -1 Week[-7D] -1 Month [28D] -3 Month [90D]
fedinsfw.app 0.1% -1.5% -3.6% 104.4% lemmy.world -0.1% -0.4% -0.7% 1.3% fedia.io -0.6% 2.8% 3.9% 3.2%
piefed.social 0.1% 0.9% -6.1% 32.3% sh.itjust.works -0.4% -0.1% 1.1% -0.2% tardigram.com 1.4% 2.8% 2.8%
piefed.ca 0.8% 0.0% -7.9% 19.5% lemmy.zip 2.0% 3.8% 7.4% kbin.earth 0.7% 3.1% 4.7% 3.1%
piefed.zip 0.0% -2.2% 5.1% 30.6% lemmy.ml -0.2% -1.5% -1.2% -3.4% thebrainbin.org 14.3% 17.6% 8.1% 8.1%
piefed.blahaj.zone 0.0% 18.9% 30.2% 10.0% hexbear.net 0.0% -0.4% -1.3% -0.4% rimworld.gallery 3.3% 6.9% 40.9% 19.2%
piefed.world -3.3% -5.1% 8.4% 16.4% lemmy.dbzer0.com -1.2% 1.3% 3.6% -2.5% gehirneimer.de 4.8% 10.0% 83.3% 22.2%
feddit.online 0.0% 3.8% 7.9% lemmy.ca 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% -0.2% moist.catsweat.com 6.7% -23.8% -20.0%
quokk.au* 0.0% 3.8% 35.8% 4.8% lemmy.blahaj.zone -0.1% -0.1% 6.1% 6.5% agora.energieincomune.com -12.5% -22.2% -77.4% 16.7%
anarchist.nexus* 0.0% -1.2% 19.7% -4.5% programming.dev -0.5% 2.2% 1.0% -0.9% k.fe.derate.me 0.0% 0.0% 40.0%
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 5.0% 10.5% -8.7% discuss.tchncs.de 0.2% -0.4% -1.6% -10.5% mbin.linuxnation.social 50.0% 50.0% -40.0%
ero.ani.social 0.0% -30.0% lemmygrad.ml -0.5% 3.1% 7.9% -5.0% trepa.me 0.0% 200.0%
retrofed.com 0.0% 4.0% 23.8% 0.0% sopuli.xyz 0.2% -1.9% -0.7% -2.2% ferment.site 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -50.0%
feddit.fr 0.0% 19.0% 25.0% 56.2% lemmy.today 0.5% 2.3% 8.0% 13.3% bin.pivox.net 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
multiverse.soulism.net -4.2% -11.5% 4.5% 0.0% slrpnk.net 1.3% 0.0% 1.6% 1.6% socialnetworks.rodeo 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
kopitalk.net 0.0% 18.8% 72.7% 26.7% feddit.uk 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% -5.6% mbin.cocopoops.com 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
wetshav.ing 0.0% 0.0% -14.3% 0.0% infosec.pub 0.7% -2.6% 0.0% 0.0%
queer.irish 11.1% 25.0% -16.7% 233.3% reddthat.com -0.4% -1.4% -4.1% 3.7%
piefed.iridescent.nz 11.1% -28.6% 100.0% 100.0% jlai.lu -0.4% -1.9% 1.5% 15.8%
pf.korako.me 0.0% 0.0% -14.3% -14.3% beehaw.org -0.4% -0.4% 1.2%
piefed.zeromedia.vip 0.0% 33.3% -20.0% thelemmy.club 7.6% -3.6% 2.9%
Average 1.1% 2.7% 13.2% 35.0% -0.0% 0.4% 1.3% 1.1% 4.9% 16.5% 3.3% 2.5%
Standard Deviation 4.0% 11.9% 31.3% 62.1% 0.6% 2.3% 3.3% 6.3% 14.2% 53.4% 37.4% 21.4%

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 -197 -120 49% -6% 13% 20% 185
piefed.social -29 -80 50% -8% -17% -8% 964
piefed.ca -3 -8 45% -14% -48% -39% 445
piefed.zip -5 -7 62% 18% 14% -3% 445
piefed.blahaj.zone 29 -1 63% 20% 11% -7% 445
piefed.world -15 -10 48% -10% -25% -16% 443
feddit.online 0 -14 42% -21% -20% 4% 1163
quokk.au* 2 -3 58% 7% 45% 38% 1146
anarchist.nexus* -1 -2 52% -2% 4% 7% 371
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 0 58% 8% 3% -3% 730
ero.ani.social -3 0 56% 9% 3% -5% 50
retrofed.com 0 -2 48% -8% 9% 18% 190
feddit.fr 0 0 62% 18% -1% -16% 489
multiverse.soulism.net -3 -2 34% -36% -41% -9% 223
kopitalk.net 0 -3 59% 12% 1% -10% 424
wetshav.ing 0 0 60% 13% 49% 31% 375
queer.irish -1 0 37% 364
piefed.iridescent.nz -1 0 71% 147
pf.korako.me 0 -1 75% 791
piefed.zeromedia.vip 0 0 67% 333
Sum -226 -253
Average -11 -13 55% 0% 0% 0% 486
Standard Deviation 45 31 11% 16% 26% 19% 316

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 -349 -424 58% 9% -2% -13% 1180
sh.itjust.works -50 -68 65% 23% -3% -24% 1177
lemmy.zip -112 -132 55% 5% 163% 143% 1172
lemmy.ml -67 -72 54% -6% -52% -45% 2669
hexbear.net -23 -51 66% 27% -34% -49% 1115
lemmy.dbzer0.com -14 -36 62% 18% -6% -22% 1169
lemmy.ca -48 -58 60% 7% 43% 36% 1906
lemmy.blahaj.zone -17 -11 63% 19% 34% 10% 1331
programming.dev -14 -26 57% 9% 1% -10% 1175
discuss.tchncs.de -10 -16 62% 18% 22% 1% 1181
lemmygrad.ml 5 -20 51% -10% -21% -10% 2132
sopuli.xyz -20 -13 65% 16% 42% 25% 2019
lemmy.today -9 -16 60% 13% 107% 77% 1175
slrpnk.net -8 -10 62% 14% 136% 106% 1613
feddit.uk -5 -7 60% 14% 3% -12% 1173
infosec.pub -14 -13 62% 18% -12% -26% 1205
reddthat.com -13 -13 61% 15% -32% -44% 1176
jlai.lu -16 -14 61% 16% 78% 49% 1158
beehaw.org -4 -9 50% -9% -73% -70% 1747
thelemmy.club -398 -404 34% -35% -49% -22% 1168
Sum -1186 -1413
Average -59 -71 58% 9% 17% 5% 1432
Standard Deviation 111 121 7% 14% 63% 54% 437

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 -4 -14 47% 19% -28% -38% 1172
tardigram.com -4 -5 50% -1% -1% -1% 66
kbin.earth 1 -5 48% 20% 45% 24% 979
thebrainbin.org 0 -1 43% 9% 30% 22% 1166
rimworld.gallery -4 -4 25% -37% -51% -20% 1141
gehirneimer.de 0 -1 50% 27% 51% 22% 1162
moist.catsweat.com -5 1 25% -38% -45% -10% 1140
agora.energieincomune.com -3 0 12% 145
k.fe.derate.me 0 0 27% 1163
mbin.linuxnation.social 0 0 43% 47
trepa.me 1 1 100% 567
ferment.site 0 0 25% 495
bin.pivox.net 0 0 100% 496
socialnetworks.rodeo 0 0 100% 1158
mbin.cocopoops.com 0 0 100% 1035
Sum -18 -28
Average -1 -2 53% -0% 0% -0% 795
Standard Deviation 2 4 31% 27% 43% 24% 444

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 168 : 183 0.04 : 0.05 33 : 127 0.01 : 0.03 201 : 310 0.05 : 0.08
piefed.social 34 : 58 0.02 : 0.04 85 : 217 0.05 : 0.14 119 : 275 0.08 : 0.18
piefed.ca 19 : 23 0.08 : 0.09 115 : 75 0.45 : 0.29 134 : 98 0.52 : 0.38
piefed.zip 27 : 17 0.12 : 0.08 122 : 95 0.53 : 0.41 149 : 113 0.65 : 0.49
piefed.blahaj.zone 13 : 29 0.07 : 0.16 98 : 92 0.53 : 0.50 111 : 122 0.60 : 0.66
piefed.world 30 : 30 0.14 : 0.14 108 : 99 0.50 : 0.45 138 : 128 0.64 : 0.59
feddit.online 12 : 3 0.08 : 0.02 46 : 16 0.29 : 0.10 58 : 19 0.37 : 0.12
quokk.au* 31 : 10 0.29 : 0.10 106 : 22 1.00 : 0.21 137 : 33 1.29 : 0.31
anarchist.nexus* 2 : 2 0.02 : 0.03 59 : 47 0.69 : 0.55 61 : 50 0.70 : 0.58
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 : 5 0.09 : 0.14 7 : 8 0.19 : 0.21 11 : 14 0.28 : 0.36
ero.ani.social 2 : 2 0.06 : 0.06 0 : 0 0.01 : 0.01 2 : 2 0.07 : 0.07
retrofed.com 1 : 1 0.05 : 0.03 13 : 8 0.53 : 0.31 14 : 9 0.57 : 0.35
feddit.fr 4 : 3 0.18 : 0.13 3 : 2 0.16 : 0.09 7 : 5 0.34 : 0.22
multiverse.soulism.net -1 : 1 -0.04 : 0.05 21 : 18 0.81 : 0.69 20 : 19 0.77 : 0.74
kopitalk.net 0 : 0 0.01 : 0.03 0 : 1 0.02 : 0.04 0 : 1 0.03 : 0.07
wetshav.ing 1 : 1 0.10 : 0.06 -2 : 3 -0.18 : 0.29 -1 : 4 -0.08 : 0.35
queer.irish 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.03 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.03
piefed.iridescent.nz 0 : 0 0.01 : 0.00 1 : 0 0.06 : 0.01 1 : 0 0.07 : 0.01
pf.korako.me -1 : 3 -0.14 : 0.51 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.07 -1 : 3 -0.14 : 0.58
piefed.zeromedia.vip 0 : 0 0.07 : 0.06 4 : 4 1.00 : 1.08 4 : 5 1.07 : 1.14
Sum 345 : 371 1.25 : 1.81 819 : 834 6.65 : 5.49 1165 : 1210 7.88 : 7.31
Average 17 : 19 0.06 : 0.09 41 : 42 0.33 : 0.27 58 : 60 0.39 : 0.37
Standard Deviation 38 : 41 0.09 : 0.11 47 : 58 0.36 : 0.28 67 : 91 0.39 : 0.29

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 604 : 642 0.05 : 0.05 3854 : 5854 0.29 : 0.44 4459 : 6497 0.34 : 0.49
sh.itjust.works 207 : 121 0.09 : 0.05 1002 : 1267 0.44 : 0.55 1209 : 1388 0.53 : 0.61
lemmy.zip 93 : 86 0.04 : 0.04 747 : 393 0.34 : 0.18 840 : 479 0.39 : 0.22
lemmy.ml 90 : 80 0.05 : 0.04 451 : 403 0.24 : 0.21 541 : 483 0.29 : 0.25
hexbear.net 41 : 379 0.03 : 0.27 1098 : 5019 0.79 : 3.63 1140 : 5398 0.82 : 3.91
lemmy.dbzer0.com -13 : 57 -0.01 : 0.04 503 : 523 0.39 : 0.40 491 : 580 0.38 : 0.45
lemmy.ca 52 : 55 0.04 : 0.04 623 : 454 0.49 : 0.36 675 : 509 0.54 : 0.40
lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 : 37 0.04 : 0.04 411 : 352 0.43 : 0.37 451 : 390 0.47 : 0.40
programming.dev 21 : 23 0.02 : 0.03 169 : 250 0.20 : 0.30 190 : 273 0.23 : 0.33
discuss.tchncs.de 27 : 25 0.04 : 0.04 174 : 241 0.26 : 0.36 200 : 267 0.30 : 0.40
lemmygrad.ml 25 : 48 0.04 : 0.08 195 : 265 0.33 : 0.45 220 : 313 0.38 : 0.54
sopuli.xyz 26 : 36 0.05 : 0.06 221 : 161 0.38 : 0.28 247 : 197 0.43 : 0.34
lemmy.today -51 : 17 -0.12 : 0.04 270 : 185 0.62 : 0.43 219 : 202 0.51 : 0.47
slrpnk.net 26 : 40 0.07 : 0.10 197 : 140 0.50 : 0.36 223 : 180 0.57 : 0.46
feddit.uk 17 : 33 0.05 : 0.10 144 : 175 0.43 : 0.52 161 : 208 0.48 : 0.61
infosec.pub 31 : 25 0.10 : 0.08 95 : 92 0.30 : 0.30 125 : 118 0.40 : 0.38
reddthat.com 11 : 93 0.04 : 0.33 94 : 145 0.33 : 0.51 105 : 238 0.37 : 0.84
jlai.lu 9 : 23 0.03 : 0.08 42 : 101 0.16 : 0.38 51 : 124 0.19 : 0.46
beehaw.org 6 : 18 0.02 : 0.07 48 : 148 0.19 : 0.57 54 : 165 0.21 : 0.64
thelemmy.club 26 : 21 0.13 : 0.11 83 : 38 0.42 : 0.19 109 : 59 0.56 : 0.30
Sum 1288 : 1859 0.80 : 1.69 10421 : 16206 7.53 : 10.79 11710 : 18068 8.39 : 12.50
Average 64 : 93 0.04 : 0.08 521 : 810 0.38 : 0.54 586 : 903 0.42 : 0.63
Standard Deviation 137 : 152 0.05 : 0.08 843 : 1609 0.15 : 0.74 974 : 1757 0.15 : 0.79

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 8 : 12 0.02 : 0.03 137 : 136 0.29 : 0.29 145 : 148 0.31 : 0.32
tardigram.com 56 : 422 0.40 : 2.99 26 : 278 0.19 : 1.97 82 : 700 0.58 : 4.97
kbin.earth 10 : 6 0.07 : 0.05 44 : 43 0.33 : 0.33 53 : 50 0.41 : 0.38
thebrainbin.org 2 : 1 0.05 : 0.04 10 : 4 0.28 : 0.13 11 : 6 0.34 : 0.17
rimworld.gallery 0 : 0 0.01 : 0.01 -0 : 1 -0.01 : 0.02 0 : 1 0.00 : 0.04
gehirneimer.de 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 3 : 1 0.14 : 0.06 3 : 1 0.14 : 0.07
moist.catsweat.com 0 : 1 0.00 : 0.04 3 : 9 0.16 : 0.41 3 : 10 0.16 : 0.46
agora.energieincomune.com : : : : : :
k.fe.derate.me 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.05 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.06
mbin.linuxnation.social : 0 : 0.11 0 : 0 0.07 : 0.00 : 0 : 0.11
trepa.me 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.04 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.08 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.12
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 :
mbin.cocopoops.com 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.00 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.00 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.01
Sum 76 : 442 0.55 : 3.43 223 : 472 1.45 : 3.39 297 : 916 1.94 : 6.87
Average 6 : 34 0.04 : 0.26 17 : 36 0.11 : 0.26 23 : 70 0.15 : 0.53
Standard Deviation 15 : 117 0.11 : 0.82 38 : 82 0.13 : 0.53 45 : 194 0.20 : 1.34

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 48% (53) 358 175 26% (14) 9% 23%
Lemmy 596 51% (305) 819 263 59% (179) 4% 21%
Mbin 23 65% (15) 795 74 20% (3) 15% 32%

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.

List of Instances Source: Fediverse-Observer

Notes:

  1. Up to the top 20 most populated (MAU) instances are analyzed. May throw full analysis (all ~700 servers) on codeburg in the future.
  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.
]]>https://forum.ieu.app/topic/bd5f9f61-3b88-4eb0-a899-63931d1898e8/growth-of-the-instances-20260825RSS for NodeSat, 05 Sep 2026 16:18:15 GMTTue, 25 Aug 2026 08:09:16 GMT60