<![CDATA[Growth of the Instances (20260818)]]>Takeaways

MAU Growth (Highest #):

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

  • Piefed: quokk.au* (9.3%), anarchist.nexus* (11.7%), nord.pub (15.6%)
  • Lemmy: lemmygrad.ml (3.5%)
  • Mbin: kbin.earth (3.2%)

Users Returning from Absence (MAU, HYAU):

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

  • Piefed: piefed.zip (63%, 2 weeks in a row)
  • Lemmy: sopuli.xyz (66%, 2 weeks in a row)
  • Mbin: kbin.earth (46%, 4 weeks in a row)

Most Prolific Users

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

  • Piefed: quokk.au* (0.25, 7 weeks in a row)
  • Lemmy: lemmy.today (0.23, 2 weeks in a row)
  • Mbin: tardigram.com (0.45, 8 weeks in a row)

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

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.

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 3857 3859 3879 3610 1828 lemmy.world 13263 13244 13269 13241 13130 fedia.io 463 459 459 471 457
piefed.social 1558 1554 1592 1601 1304 sh.itjust.works 2281 2303 2282 2276 2277 tardigram.com 141 140 142 141
piefed.ca 260 259 264 264 212 lemmy.zip 2165 2176 2162 2132 2060 kbin.earth 130 129 126 132 130
piefed.zip 234 233 234 210 175 lemmy.ml 1901 1906 1881 1881 1963 thebrainbin.org 34 34 37 33 35
piefed.world 218 217 213 180 168 feddit.org 1513 1503 1515 1545 1502 rimworld.gallery 27 27 30 22 28
piefed.blahaj.zone 186 187 182 173 194 hexbear.net 1379 1382 1383 1364 1392 moist.catsweat.com 21 23 21 25
feddit.online 155 153 155 150 134 lemmy.dbzer0.com 1299 1296 1293 1261 1376 gehirneimer.de 20 20 20 13 18
quokk.au* 106 106 97 82 109 lemmy.ca 1265 1269 1260 1260 1296 agora.energieincomune.com 9 10 14 31 6
anarchist.nexus* 86 88 77 77 90 lemmy.blahaj.zone 957 944 931 884 907 k.fe.derate.me 7 7 8 5
nord.pub 52 50 45 45 29 programming.dev 833 824 832 835 844 ferment.site 2 2 2 2 6
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 39 40 42 45 41 discuss.tchncs.de 670 669 683 695 746 mbin.linuxnation.social 2 2 4 5
ero.ani.social 28 26 33 29 lemmygrad.ml 587 578 567 563 635 bin.pivox.net 1 1 1 1 1
multiverse.soulism.net 27 28 26 15 30 sopuli.xyz 581 580 578 578 580 socialnetworks.rodeo 1 1 1 1 1
retrofed.com 26 26 26 20 25 lemmy.today 426 424 424 400 384 mbin.cocopoops.com 1 1 1 1 1
feddit.fr 21 20 19 20 16 slrpnk.net 388 388 385 381 395 trepa.me 1 1
kopitalk.net 16 16 12 11 15 feddit.uk 336 338 340 335 361 fedi.livi.fans 0 0 0 0 1
piefed.iridescent.nz 13 10 4 3 3 infosec.pub 310 310 309 294 312 incremental.social 0 0 1 3 3
wetshav.ing 12 12 10 15 10 reddthat.com 285 282 278 285 273
queer.irish 8 7 11 12 jlai.lu 267 262 263 247 231
bookwyr.me 8 8 7 8 9 beehaw.org 255 255 251 251
Sum 6910 6899 6928 6570 4392 30961 30933 30886 30708 30664 860 857 867 886 687
Average 346 345 346 328 244 1548 1547 1544 1535 1614 51 50 54 55 57
Standard Deviation 894 894 901 848 494 2833 2830 2835 2830 2862 115 114 116 119 131

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 -2 -22 247 2029 lemmy.world 19 -6 22 133 fedia.io 4 4 -8 6
piefed.social 4 -34 -43 254 sh.itjust.works -22 -1 5 4 tardigram.com 1 -1 0
piefed.ca 1 -4 -4 48 lemmy.zip -11 3 33 105 kbin.earth 1 4 -2 0
piefed.zip 1 0 24 59 lemmy.ml -5 20 20 -62 thebrainbin.org 0 -3 1 -1
piefed.world 1 5 38 50 feddit.org 10 -2 -32 11 rimworld.gallery 0 -3 5 -1
piefed.blahaj.zone -1 4 13 -8 hexbear.net -3 -4 15 -13 moist.catsweat.com -2 0 -4
feddit.online 2 0 5 21 lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 6 38 -77 gehirneimer.de 0 0 7 2
quokk.au* 0 9 24 -3 lemmy.ca -4 5 5 -31 agora.energieincomune.com -1 -5 -22 3
anarchist.nexus* -2 9 9 -4 lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 26 73 50 k.fe.derate.me 0 -1 2
nord.pub 2 7 7 23 programming.dev 9 1 -2 -11 ferment.site 0 0 0 -4
tarte.nuage-libre.fr -1 -3 -6 -2 discuss.tchncs.de 1 -13 -25 -76 mbin.linuxnation.social 0 -2 -3
ero.ani.social 2 -5 -1 lemmygrad.ml 9 20 24 -48 bin.pivox.net 0 0 0 0
multiverse.soulism.net -1 1 12 -3 sopuli.xyz 1 3 3 1 socialnetworks.rodeo 0 0 0 0
retrofed.com 0 0 6 1 lemmy.today 2 2 26 42 mbin.cocopoops.com 0 0 0 0
feddit.fr 1 2 1 5 slrpnk.net 0 3 7 -7 trepa.me 0
kopitalk.net 0 4 5 1 feddit.uk -2 -4 1 -25 fedi.livi.fans 0 0 0 -1
piefed.iridescent.nz 3 9 10 10 infosec.pub 0 1 16 -2 incremental.social 0 -1 -3 -3
wetshav.ing 0 2 -3 2 reddthat.com 3 7 0 12
queer.irish 1 -3 -4 jlai.lu 5 4 20 36
bookwyr.me 0 1 0 -1 beehaw.org 0 4 4
Sum 11 -18 340 2482 28 75 253 42 3 -8 -27 1
Average 1 -1 17 138 1 4 13 2 0 -0 -2 0
Standard Deviation 2 10 56 476 9 9 22 55 1 2 6 3

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 -0.1% -0.6% 6.8% 111.0% lemmy.world 0.1% -0.0% 0.2% 1.0% fedia.io 0.9% 0.9% -1.7% 1.3%
piefed.social 0.3% -2.1% -2.7% 19.5% sh.itjust.works -1.0% -0.0% 0.2% 0.2% tardigram.com 0.7% -0.7% 0.0%
piefed.ca 0.4% -1.5% -1.5% 22.6% lemmy.zip -0.5% 0.1% 1.5% 5.1% kbin.earth 0.8% 3.2% -1.5% 0.0%
piefed.zip 0.4% 0.0% 11.4% 33.7% lemmy.ml -0.3% 1.1% 1.1% -3.2% thebrainbin.org 0.0% -8.1% 3.0% -2.9%
piefed.world 0.5% 2.3% 21.1% 29.8% feddit.org 0.7% -0.1% -2.1% 0.7% rimworld.gallery 0.0% -10.0% 22.7% -3.6%
piefed.blahaj.zone -0.5% 2.2% 7.5% -4.1% hexbear.net -0.2% -0.3% 1.1% -0.9% moist.catsweat.com -8.7% 0.0% -16.0%
feddit.online 1.3% 0.0% 3.3% 15.7% lemmy.dbzer0.com 0.2% 0.5% 3.0% -5.6% gehirneimer.de 0.0% 0.0% 53.8% 11.1%
quokk.au* 0.0% 9.3% 29.3% -2.8% lemmy.ca -0.3% 0.4% 0.4% -2.4% agora.energieincomune.com -10.0% -35.7% -71.0% 50.0%
anarchist.nexus* -2.3% 11.7% 11.7% -4.4% lemmy.blahaj.zone 1.4% 2.8% 8.3% 5.5% k.fe.derate.me 0.0% -12.5% 40.0%
nord.pub 4.0% 15.6% 15.6% 79.3% programming.dev 1.1% 0.1% -0.2% -1.3% ferment.site 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% -66.7%
tarte.nuage-libre.fr -2.5% -7.1% -13.3% -4.9% discuss.tchncs.de 0.1% -1.9% -3.6% -10.2% mbin.linuxnation.social 0.0% -50.0% -60.0%
ero.ani.social 7.7% -15.2% -3.4% lemmygrad.ml 1.6% 3.5% 4.3% -7.6% bin.pivox.net 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
multiverse.soulism.net -3.6% 3.8% 80.0% -10.0% sopuli.xyz 0.2% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% socialnetworks.rodeo 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
retrofed.com 0.0% 0.0% 30.0% 4.0% lemmy.today 0.5% 0.5% 6.5% 10.9% mbin.cocopoops.com 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
feddit.fr 5.0% 10.5% 5.0% 31.2% slrpnk.net 0.0% 0.8% 1.8% -1.8% trepa.me 0.0%
kopitalk.net 0.0% 33.3% 45.5% 6.7% feddit.uk -0.6% -1.2% 0.3% -6.9% fedi.livi.fans -100.0%
piefed.iridescent.nz 30.0% 225.0% 333.3% 333.3% infosec.pub 0.0% 0.3% 5.4% -0.6% incremental.social -100.0% -100.0% -100.0%
wetshav.ing 0.0% 20.0% -20.0% 20.0% reddthat.com 1.1% 2.5% 0.0% 4.4%
queer.irish 14.3% -27.3% -33.3% jlai.lu 1.9% 1.5% 8.1% 15.6%
bookwyr.me 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% -11.1% beehaw.org 0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
Average 2.7% 14.7% 26.3% 37.2% 0.3% 0.6% 1.9% 0.2% -1.1% -14.2% -8.7% -17.6%
Standard Deviation 7.5% 51.1% 76.2% 80.3% 0.8% 1.3% 3.1% 6.2% 3.4% 28.1% 40.3% 46.1%

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 -211 0 50% -10% 4% 17% 178
piefed.social -62 -134 48% -2% -8% -8% 957
piefed.ca -5 -42 45% -14% -49% -39% 438
piefed.zip -6 -8 63% 19% 13% -3% 438
piefed.world -10 -16 50% -5% -22% -17% 436
piefed.blahaj.zone -3 -4 54% 3% -9% -10% 438
feddit.online -9 -11 39% -20% -12% 6% 1156
quokk.au* 0 -4 55% 12% 60% 39% 1139
anarchist.nexus* 1 -1 52% -2% 0% 4% 364
nord.pub -1 1 52% -7% 8% 18% 196
tarte.nuage-libre.fr -3 -2 56% 10% 2% -7% 723
ero.ani.social -9 0 60% -2% -12% -12% 43
multiverse.soulism.net -1 -3 39% -30% -38% -10% 216
retrofed.com -2 0 47% -15% -2% 17% 183
feddit.fr 1 -3 58% 12% -15% -23% 482
kopitalk.net 1 -2 50% -5% -14% -7% 417
piefed.iridescent.nz 0 0 81% 43% 57% 10% 140
wetshav.ing 2 0 60% 13% 41% 27% 368
queer.irish -3 0 33% 357
bookwyr.me 0 0 40% 431
Sum -320 -229
Average -16 -11 52% 0% 0% 0% 455
Standard Deviation 48 30 10% 17% 29% 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 -441 -496 57% 9% -4% -13% 1173
sh.itjust.works -62 -73 64% 22% -7% -24% 1170
lemmy.zip -164 -135 54% 3% 152% 141% 1165
lemmy.ml -34 -68 54% -4% -50% -43% 2662
feddit.org -30 -34 64% 26% 226% 147% 785
hexbear.net -17 -15 65% 24% -36% -49% 1108
lemmy.dbzer0.com -30 -52 61% 16% -9% -23% 1162
lemmy.ca -44 -52 59% 7% 41% 37% 1899
lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 -17 63% 18% 30% 10% 1324
programming.dev -20 -24 57% 7% -3% -12% 1168
discuss.tchncs.de -14 -9 62% 18% 20% 0% 1174
lemmygrad.ml 4 -17 49% -12% -24% -8% 2125
sopuli.xyz -12 -17 66% 19% 45% 27% 2012
lemmy.today -23 -25 58% 10% 94% 74% 1168
slrpnk.net -6 -13 62% 14% 131% 107% 1606
feddit.uk -14 -13 59% 11% -0% -12% 1166
infosec.pub -9 -16 62% 18% -11% -26% 1198
reddthat.com -6 -12 61% 16% -33% -44% 1169
jlai.lu -9 -11 61% 16% 75% 49% 1151
beehaw.org 1 -7 49% -10% -73% -70% 1740
Sum -926 -1106
Average -46 -55 59% 11% 28% 13% 1406
Standard Deviation 100 108 5% 11% 75% 62% 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 -23 -21 45% 18% -27% -37% 1165
tardigram.com -6 -5 49% -1% -1% -1% 59
kbin.earth -6 -5 46% 18% 46% 26% 972
thebrainbin.org -4 -3 39% 0% 17% 20% 1159
rimworld.gallery -4 -4 22% -42% -55% -21% 1134
moist.catsweat.com -2 -5 33% -15% -26% -10% 1133
gehirneimer.de -1 -1 46% 21% 45% 23% 1155
agora.energieincomune.com -6 0 15% 138
k.fe.derate.me -1 -1 27% 1156
ferment.site 0 0 25% 488
mbin.linuxnation.social -2 0 33% 40
bin.pivox.net 0 0 100% 489
socialnetworks.rodeo 0 0 100% 1151
mbin.cocopoops.com 0 0 100% 1028
trepa.me 100% 560
fedi.livi.fans 0 0 0% 153
incremental.social -1 -2 0% 946
Sum -56 -47
Average -4 -3 46% -0% -0% 0% 760
Standard Deviation 6 5 34% 23% 38% 24% 445

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 188 : 184 0.05 : 0.05 119 : 128 0.03 : 0.03 307 : 312 0.08 : 0.08
piefed.social 25 : 58 0.02 : 0.04 72 : 218 0.05 : 0.14 97 : 276 0.06 : 0.17
piefed.ca 56 : 23 0.21 : 0.09 135 : 74 0.52 : 0.28 191 : 97 0.73 : 0.37
piefed.zip 21 : 17 0.09 : 0.07 154 : 95 0.65 : 0.40 175 : 112 0.74 : 0.48
piefed.world 20 : 30 0.10 : 0.14 135 : 98 0.64 : 0.46 156 : 128 0.73 : 0.60
piefed.blahaj.zone 26 : 29 0.14 : 0.16 109 : 92 0.59 : 0.50 135 : 122 0.73 : 0.66
feddit.online 14 : 3 0.09 : 0.02 78 : 15 0.50 : 0.10 92 : 19 0.60 : 0.12
quokk.au* 25 : 10 0.25 : 0.11 118 : 22 1.20 : 0.22 142 : 32 1.45 : 0.33
anarchist.nexus* 2 : 2 0.03 : 0.03 55 : 47 0.73 : 0.62 57 : 49 0.75 : 0.65
nord.pub 1 : 1 0.01 : 0.02 25 : 13 0.53 : 0.28 25 : 14 0.54 : 0.30
tarte.nuage-libre.fr 4 : 6 0.10 : 0.13 8 : 8 0.21 : 0.20 12 : 14 0.30 : 0.33
ero.ani.social : : : : : :
multiverse.soulism.net 2 : 1 0.08 : 0.05 18 : 18 0.69 : 0.69 20 : 19 0.76 : 0.74
retrofed.com 1 : 1 0.03 : 0.03 9 : 8 0.34 : 0.30 10 : 9 0.37 : 0.33
feddit.fr 1 : 3 0.07 : 0.13 4 : 2 0.18 : 0.09 5 : 5 0.25 : 0.22
kopitalk.net 0 : 0 0.04 : 0.04 1 : 1 0.05 : 0.05 1 : 1 0.08 : 0.09
piefed.iridescent.nz 0 : 0 0.06 : 0.00 1 : 0 0.10 : 0.01 1 : 0 0.16 : 0.02
wetshav.ing 1 : 1 0.13 : 0.07 1 : 4 0.14 : 0.35 3 : 4 0.27 : 0.42
queer.irish 0 : 0.00 : : : 0 : 0.03 :
bookwyr.me -0 : 1 -0.02 : 0.09 4 : 3 0.61 : 0.40 4 : 3 0.59 : 0.49
Sum 387 : 370 1.48 : 1.27 1046 : 846 7.76 : 5.12 1433 : 1216 9.22 : 6.40
Average 20 : 21 0.08 : 0.07 58 : 47 0.43 : 0.28 75 : 68 0.49 : 0.36
Standard Deviation 43 : 44 0.07 : 0.05 57 : 60 0.31 : 0.20 88 : 94 0.36 : 0.22

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 648 : 642 0.05 : 0.05 4684 : 5864 0.35 : 0.44 5331 : 6506 0.40 : 0.49
sh.itjust.works 183 : 121 0.08 : 0.05 912 : 1269 0.40 : 0.56 1095 : 1390 0.48 : 0.61
lemmy.zip 124 : 86 0.06 : 0.04 791 : 390 0.36 : 0.18 914 : 476 0.42 : 0.22
lemmy.ml 113 : 80 0.06 : 0.04 693 : 403 0.37 : 0.21 806 : 483 0.43 : 0.26
feddit.org 56 : 96 0.04 : 0.06 489 : 574 0.32 : 0.38 546 : 670 0.36 : 0.44
hexbear.net 125 : 380 0.09 : 0.28 1667 : 5042 1.21 : 3.65 1791 : 5423 1.30 : 3.92
lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 : 57 0.04 : 0.04 519 : 523 0.40 : 0.41 570 : 580 0.44 : 0.45
lemmy.ca 60 : 55 0.05 : 0.04 689 : 454 0.55 : 0.36 749 : 509 0.59 : 0.40
lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 : 37 0.05 : 0.04 391 : 352 0.42 : 0.38 435 : 390 0.47 : 0.42
programming.dev 23 : 23 0.03 : 0.03 214 : 250 0.26 : 0.30 237 : 273 0.29 : 0.33
discuss.tchncs.de 34 : 25 0.05 : 0.04 203 : 242 0.30 : 0.36 237 : 267 0.35 : 0.39
lemmygrad.ml 31 : 48 0.05 : 0.08 177 : 266 0.31 : 0.46 209 : 314 0.36 : 0.55
sopuli.xyz 37 : : 261 : : 298 : :
lemmy.today 96 : 16 0.23 : 0.04 384 : 184 0.91 : 0.44 480 : 200 1.14 : 0.48
slrpnk.net 33 : 40 0.09 : 0.10 246 : 140 0.64 : 0.36 279 : 180 0.72 : 0.46
feddit.uk 21 : 33 0.06 : 0.10 151 : 175 0.44 : 0.52 172 : 208 0.51 : 0.61
infosec.pub 39 : 25 0.13 : 0.08 95 : 93 0.32 : 0.31 134 : 118 0.44 : 0.39
reddthat.com -16 : 94 -0.06 : 0.34 126 : 145 0.46 : 0.53 109 : 239 0.40 : 0.87
jlai.lu 10 : 23 0.04 : 0.09 67 : 101 0.26 : 0.39 77 : 124 0.29 : 0.47
beehaw.org 7 : 18 0.03 : 0.07 -49 : 148 -0.19 : 0.59 -42 : 166 -0.17 : 0.66
Sum 1719 : 1899 1.17 : 1.61 12710 : 16615 8.09 : 10.83 14427 : 18516 9.22 : 12.42
Average 86 : 100 0.06 : 0.08 636 : 874 0.43 : 0.57 721 : 975 0.49 : 0.65
Standard Deviation 141 : 154 0.05 : 0.08 1030 : 1641 0.28 : 0.75 1167 : 1791 0.31 : 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 8 : 12 0.02 : 0.03 156 : 135 0.34 : 0.29 164 : 148 0.35 : 0.32
tardigram.com 64 : 466 0.45 : 3.30 25 : 308 0.18 : 2.19 89 : 774 0.63 : 5.49
kbin.earth 10 : 6 0.08 : 0.05 40 : 43 0.31 : 0.35 49 : 50 0.39 : 0.39
thebrainbin.org 3 : 1 0.07 : 0.03 14 : 4 0.35 : 0.11 16 : 6 0.41 : 0.14
rimworld.gallery : : : : : :
moist.catsweat.com 0 : 1 0.01 : 0.04 1 : 9 0.05 : 0.39 1 : 10 0.05 : 0.44
gehirneimer.de 0 : 0 0.02 : 0.01 4 : 1 0.21 : 0.06 5 : 1 0.24 : 0.07
agora.energieincomune.com : : : : : :
k.fe.derate.me : : : : : :
ferment.site : : : : : :
mbin.linuxnation.social : 0 : 0.05 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.00 : 0 : 0.05
bin.pivox.net : : : : : :
socialnetworks.rodeo : : : : : :
mbin.cocopoops.com : 0 : 0.00 0 : 0 0.00 : 0.00 : 0 : 0.01
trepa.me : : : : : :
fedi.livi.fans : : : : : :
incremental.social : : : : : :
Sum 85 : 486 0.65 : 3.51 240 : 500 1.44 : 3.39 324 : 989 2.07 : 6.91
Average 14 : 61 0.11 : 0.44 30 : 62 0.18 : 0.42 54 : 124 0.34 : 0.86
Standard Deviation 25 : 164 0.17 : 1.16 53 : 109 0.15 : 0.73 63 : 268 0.19 : 1.88

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 60% (66) 313 155 32% (21) 9% 18%
Lemmy 592 55% (328) 831 246 56% (185) 3% 20%
Mbin 23 65% (15) 788 77 27% (4) 16% 29%

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.
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