Growth of the Fediverse (20260823)

Takeaways:

• Positive Daily Growth (6+ of last 7 Days): Peertube(6/7), Bookwyrm(7/7)
• Weekly Growth (>5%, >500 MAU): Bookwyrm(+13.4%)

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	6968	6983	6996	6672	4266	5556	1610	7275
Lemmy	35335	35273	35095	35141	35211	39183	40660	72618
Mbin	906	911	889	1057	764	825	891	3967
Threadiverse	43209	43167	42980	42870	40241	45564	43161
Mastodon	834824	832342	824675	839592	745991	798673	695813	2737163
NodeBB	53824	53674	54029	62915	61864	55018	32871	76801
Pixelfed	111761	114039	111928	105127	95760	115309	100872	338813
Peertube	46256	46653	44487	46617	50122	40855	25534	53333
Loops	4077	4077	4040	4038	4155	8110	27164	29821
Bookwyrm	1578	1570	1392	1209	1024	1609	2980	9429
NeoDB	1755	1752	1748	1724	1760	1877	1727	2025
Friendica	2749	2762	2715	2429	2532	2637	1797	4734
Forgejo	134	133	120	103	109	124	340	1168
Catodon	101	100	99	94	123	0	0	128
Funkwhale	108	130	136	155	249	270	243	1114
Vernissage	255	251	254	201	165	102	92	260
Flohmarkt	26	26	20	15	23	33	0	40
Fediverse	1100657	1100676	1088623	1107089	1004118	1070181	932594

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	-15	-28	296	2702	1412	5358	-307
Lemmy	62	240	194	124	-3848	-5325	-37283
Mbin	-5	17	-151	142	81	15	-3061
Threadiverse	42	229	339	2968	-2355	48
Mastodon	2482	10149	-4768	88833	36151	139011	-1902339
NodeBB	150	-205	-9091	-8040	-1194	20953	-22977
Pixelfed	-2278	-167	6634	16001	-3548	10889	-227052
Peertube	-397	1769	-361	-3866	5401	20722	-7077
Loops	0	37	39	-78	-4033	-23087	-25744
Bookwyrm	8	186	369	554	-31	-1402	-7851
NeoDB	3	7	31	-5	-122	28	-270
Friendica	-13	34	320	217	112	952	-1985
Forgejo	1	14	31	25	10	-206	-1034
Catodon	1	2	7	-22	0	0	-27
Funkwhale	-22	-28	-47	-141	-162	-135	-1006
Vernissage	4	1	54	90	153	163	-5
Flohmarkt	0	6	11	3	-7	0	-14
Fediverse	-19	12034	-6432	96539	30476	168063

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	-0.2%	-0.4%	4.4%	63.3%	25.4%	332.8%	-4.2%
Lemmy	0.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	-9.8%	-13.1%	-51.3%
Mbin	-0.5%	1.9%	-14.3%	18.6%	9.8%	1.7%	-77.2%
Threadiverse	0.1%	0.5%	0.8%	7.4%	-5.2%	0.1%
Mastodon	0.3%	1.2%	-0.6%	11.9%	4.5%	20.0%	-69.5%
NodeBB	0.3%	-0.4%	-14.4%	-13.0%	-2.2%	63.7%	-29.9%
Pixelfed	-2.0%	-0.1%	6.3%	16.7%	-3.1%	10.8%	-67.0%
Peertube	-0.9%	4.0%	-0.8%	-7.7%	13.2%	81.2%	-13.3%
Loops	0.0%	0.9%	1.0%	-1.9%	-49.7%	-85.0%	-86.3%
Bookwyrm	0.5%	13.4%	30.5%	54.1%	-1.9%	-47.0%	-83.3%
NeoDB	0.2%	0.4%	1.8%	-0.3%	-6.5%	1.6%	-13.3%
Friendica	-0.5%	1.3%	13.2%	8.6%	4.2%	53.0%	-41.9%
Forgejo	0.8%	11.7%	30.1%	22.9%	8.1%	-60.6%	-88.5%
Catodon	1.0%	2.0%	7.4%	-17.9%	0.0%	0.0%	-21.1%
Funkwhale	-16.9%	-20.6%	-30.3%	-56.6%	-60.0%	-55.6%	-90.3%
Vernissage	1.6%	0.4%	26.9%	54.5%	150.0%	177.2%	-1.9%
Flohmarkt	0.0%	30.0%	73.3%	13.0%	-21.2%	0.0%	-35.0%
Fediverse	-0.0%	1.1%	-0.6%	9.6%	2.8%	18.0%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software	Fediverse-Observer^[1]^	FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed	6968	7418
Lemmy	35335	47643
Mbin	906	1333
Threadiverse	43209	56394
Mastodon	834824	971271
NodeBB	53824	14782
Pixelfed	111761	111018
Peertube	46256	43370
Loops	4077	4191
Bookwyrm	1578	3872
NeoDB	1755	1800
Friendica	2749	3414
Forgejo	134	1659
Catodon	101	0
Funkwhale	108	693
Vernissage	255	266
Flohmarkt	26	0
Fediverse	1100657	1212730

• Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB, Analysis Code

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).