Growth of the Fediverse (20260913)

Takeaways:

• MAU Peak (in last 7 Days): Mastodon(866819, 3-Month Peak), Pixelfed(222484, 1-Year Peak), Peertube(53927, All-Time Peak), Snac(4562, All-Time Peak), Bookwyrm(4535, 1-Year Peak), Friendica(2872, 1-Year Peak), Forgejo(160, 6-Month Peak), Vernissage(297, All-Time Peak)

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• Positive Daily Growth (6+ of last 7 Days): Mastodon(6/7), Pixelfed(6/7), Peertube(6/7)

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• Weekly Growth (>5%, >500 MAU): Pixelfed(+27.5%), Peertube(+6.5%), Bookwyrm(+18.9%)

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+Pylova	6855	6844	6869	6977	4170	5673	1728	7275
Lemmy	32543	32540	34981	35131	35250	37412	37154	72618
Mbin	906	910	907	889	775	775	866	3967
Threadiverse	40304	40294	42757	42997	40195	43860	39748
Mastodon	866819	865190	841219	824755	727387	777952	688979	2737163
NodeBB	52311	52543	56074	54677	61885	54136	33312	76801
Pixelfed	222484	217728	174561	111409	108044	109349	117473	338813
Peertube	53927	53532	50627	44261	50841	41403	21825	53927
Loops	3836	3866	3925	4029	4228	6055	27484	29821
Snac	4562	4551	4540	4362	4202	3516	3133	4562
Bookwyrm	4535	4496	3814	1381	1195	1620	2963	9429
NeoDB	1730	1714	1715	1744	1774	1843	1693	2025
Friendica	2839	2845	2745	2701	2484	2481	1726	4734
Forgejo	159	158	146	118	118	106	407	1168
Catodon	108	104	103	99	113	0	0	128
Funkwhale	97	99	97	137	197	302	215	1114
Vernissage	296	297	283	256	161	123	93	297
Flohmarkt	16	17	17	21	12	24	0	40
Fediverse	1254023	1247434	1182623	1092947	1002836	1042770	939051

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+Pylova	11	-14	-122	2685	1182	5127	-420
Lemmy	3	-2438	-2588	-2707	-4869	-4611	-40075
Mbin	-4	-1	17	131	131	40	-3061
Threadiverse	10	-2453	-2693	109	-3556	556
Mastodon	1629	25600	42064	139432	88867	177840	-1870344
NodeBB	-232	-3763	-2366	-9574	-1825	18999	-24490
Pixelfed	4756	47923	111075	114440	113135	105011	-116329
Peertube	395	3300	9666	3086	12524	32102	0
Loops	-30	-89	-193	-392	-2219	-23648	-25985
Snac	11	22	200	360	1046	1429	0
Bookwyrm	39	721	3154	3340	2915	1572	-4894
NeoDB	16	15	-14	-44	-113	37	-295
Friendica	-6	94	138	355	358	1113	-1895
Forgejo	1	13	41	41	53	-248	-1009
Catodon	4	5	9	-5	0	0	-20
Funkwhale	-2	0	-40	-100	-205	-118	-1017
Vernissage	-1	13	40	135	173	203	-1
Flohmarkt	-1	-1	-5	4	-8	0	-24
Fediverse	6589	71400	161076	251187	211253	314972

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+Pylova	0.2%	-0.2%	-1.7%	64.4%	20.8%	296.7%	-5.8%
Lemmy	0.0%	-7.0%	-7.4%	-7.7%	-13.0%	-12.4%	-55.2%
Mbin	-0.4%	-0.1%	1.9%	16.9%	16.9%	4.6%	-77.2%
Threadiverse	0.0%	-5.7%	-6.3%	0.3%	-8.1%	1.4%
Mastodon	0.2%	3.0%	5.1%	19.2%	11.4%	25.8%	-68.3%
NodeBB	-0.4%	-6.7%	-4.3%	-15.5%	-3.4%	57.0%	-31.9%
Pixelfed	2.2%	27.5%	99.7%	105.9%	103.5%	89.4%	-34.3%
Peertube	0.7%	6.5%	21.8%	6.1%	30.2%	147.1%	0.0%
Loops	-0.8%	-2.3%	-4.8%	-9.3%	-36.6%	-86.0%	-87.1%
Snac	0.2%	0.5%	4.6%	8.6%	29.7%	45.6%	0.0%
Bookwyrm	0.9%	18.9%	228.4%	279.5%	179.9%	53.1%	-51.9%
NeoDB	0.9%	0.9%	-0.8%	-2.5%	-6.1%	2.2%	-14.6%
Friendica	-0.2%	3.4%	5.1%	14.3%	14.4%	64.5%	-40.0%
Forgejo	0.6%	8.9%	34.7%	34.7%	50.0%	-60.9%	-86.4%
Catodon	3.8%	4.9%	9.1%	-4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	-15.6%
Funkwhale	-2.0%	0.0%	-29.2%	-50.8%	-67.9%	-54.9%	-91.3%
Vernissage	-0.3%	4.6%	15.6%	83.9%	140.7%	218.3%	-0.3%
Flohmarkt	-5.9%	-5.9%	-23.8%	33.3%	-33.3%	0.0%	-60.0%
Fediverse	0.5%	6.0%	14.7%	25.0%	20.3%	33.5%

Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:

Software	Fediverse-Observer^[1]^	FediDB ^[2]^
Piefed+Pylova	6855	7295
Lemmy	32543	46504
Mbin	906	1331
Threadiverse	40304	55130
Mastodon	866819	971589
NodeBB	52311	22345
Pixelfed	222484	195691
Peertube	53927	45122
Loops	3836	3842
Snac	4562	0
Bookwyrm	4535	6879
NeoDB	1730	1753
Friendica	2839	3561
Forgejo	159	1663
Catodon	108	0
Funkwhale	97	695
Vernissage	296	310
Flohmarkt	16	0
Fediverse	1254023	1308580

• 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).

Edit: Added functionality to identify 1-Year, 6-Month, and 3-Month maximums, in addition to All-Time maxes. Added some bolding for easier viewing.

Edit 2: Added Pylova identifier to Piefed listing, as requested.

Edit 3: Added Snac, as requested.

Edit 4: Fixed Pylova link.