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Growth of the Fediverse (20260405) (piefed.zip)
submitted 11 hours ago by Vicinus@piefed.zip to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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Takeaways:

  • Added 3 software to the report: Catodon, NodeBB, WriteFreely
  • All-Time MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Catodon, NodeBB, Peertube
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 7/7 Days): NodeBB
  • Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Writefreely
  • Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): NodeBB
  • Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely, Bookwyrm
  • Overall good week for the threadiverse (all 5 software gained MAU)
  • Incorrect Mastodon server list caused a jump in then out of 40k and later 280k MAU (already reported to Fediverse-Observer dev and data became accurate Thursday)
  • Without the Mastodon server list issue, the Fediverse would have a slightly positive overall week (+10k MAU, ~1%)

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 5393 5377 5285 5416 1985 1791 369 6179
Lemmy 37399 37343 36803 37687 35319 37017 57206 72618
Mbin 758 755 740 793 706 794 919 3967
Catodon 106 38 0 0 0 0 0 106
NodeBB 73395 73121 64148 51114 30337 32317 313 73395
Threadiverse 117051 116634 106976 95010 68347 71919 58807
Mastodon 720549 721443 761307 779476 694063 693121 874464 2737163
Pixelfed 105644 105576 106671 126962 96106 107786 127784 338813
Peertube 45026 45936 45477 41265 27072 23520 33291 45936
Writefreely 12594 12601 11465 8657 1286 3365 2730 14709
Loops 4465 4496 4769 6968 2343 1006 0 29821
Bookwyrm 1818 1826 1706 1529 3257 2787 9377 9429
Friendica 2485 2485 2502 2634 1343 1643 3399 4734
Forgejo 123 138 131 110 489 398 654 1168
Funkwhale 268 268 290 302 200 254 399 1114
Flohmarkt 33 33 26 31 23 0 0 40
Fediverse 1010056 1011436 1041320 1062944 894529 905799 1110905

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 16 108 -23 3408 3602 5024 -786
Lemmy 56 596 -288 2080 382 -19807 -35219
Mbin 3 18 -35 52 -36 -161 -3209
Catodon 68 0 0 0 0 0 0
NodeBB 274 9247 22281 43058 41078 73082 0
Threadiverse 417 10075 22041 48704 45132 58244
Mastodon -894 -40758 -58927 26486 27428 -153915 -2016614
Pixelfed 68 -1027 -21318 9538 -2142 -22140 -233169
Peertube -910 -451 3761 17954 21506 11735 -910
Writefreely -7 1129 3937 11308 9229 9864 -2115
Loops -31 -304 -2503 2122 3459 0 -25356
Bookwyrm -8 112 289 -1439 -969 -7559 -7611
Friendica 0 -17 -149 1142 842 -914 -2249
Forgejo -15 -8 13 -366 -275 -531 -1045
Funkwhale 0 -22 -34 68 14 -131 -846
Flohmarkt 0 7 2 10 0 0 -7
Fediverse -1380 -31264 -52888 115527 104257 -100849

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% 2.0% -0.4% 171.7% 201.1% 1361.5% -12.7%
Lemmy 0.1% 1.6% -0.8% 5.9% 1.0% -34.6% -48.5%
Mbin 0.4% 2.4% -4.4% 7.4% -4.5% -17.5% -80.9%
Catodon 178.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
NodeBB 0.4% 14.4% 43.6% 141.9% 127.1% 23348.9% 0.0%
Threadiverse 0.4% 9.4% 23.2% 71.3% 62.8% 99.0%
Mastodon -0.1% -5.4% -7.6% 3.8% 4.0% -17.6% -73.7%
Pixelfed 0.1% -1.0% -16.8% 9.9% -2.0% -17.3% -68.8%
Peertube -2.0% -1.0% 9.1% 66.3% 91.4% 35.2% -2.0%
Writefreely -0.1% 9.8% 45.5% 879.3% 274.3% 361.3% -14.4%
Loops -0.7% -6.4% -35.9% 90.6% 343.8% 0.0% -85.0%
Bookwyrm -0.4% 6.6% 18.9% -44.2% -34.8% -80.6% -80.7%
Friendica 0.0% -0.7% -5.7% 85.0% 51.2% -26.9% -47.5%
Forgejo -10.9% -6.1% 11.8% -74.8% -69.1% -81.2% -89.5%
Funkwhale 0.0% -7.6% -11.3% 34.0% 5.5% -32.8% -75.9%
Flohmarkt 0.0% 26.9% 6.5% 43.5% 0.0% 0.0% -17.5%
Fediverse -0.1% -3.0% -5.0% 12.9% 11.5% -9.1%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed 5393 5676
Lemmy 37399 48154
Mbin 758 1370
Catodon 106 0
NodeBB 73395 9474
Threadiverse 117051 64674
Mastodon 720549 1000198
Pixelfed 105644 109780
Peertube 45026 41235
Writefreely 12594 13530
Loops 4465 4507
Bookwyrm 1818 4039
Friendica 2485 3214
Forgejo 123 1672
Funkwhale 268 755
Fediverse 1010056 1243604

Notes:

  1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, Mbin, Catadon, and NodeBB. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [15], not the other [114] 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).
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[โ€“] Kierunkowy74@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Catodon is not a Threadiverse app. It's a clone of Mastodon, forked from a clone of Misskey*

*hot take: a .Net rewrite transforms Iceshrimp from a Misskey fork to a Misskey clone