Growth of the Fediverse (20260510)
**Takeaways:**
- Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Friendica
- Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
- Looks like Loops has stabilized (finally) at ~4k. Less than half what it peaked at 2.5 months ago (~8.7k), but still 60% higher than it was 4 months ago (~2.6k). A win in my book.
- Piefed and Lemmy continue to bleed MAU, which isn't surprising, to me, after the 'drama' the past couple weeks (the 'drama' does not need to be relitigated here, If you are curious you can look it up).
**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](https://join.piefed.social/) | 4427 | 4452 | 4652 | 5710 | 4633 | 1574 | 344 | 6179 |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | 35526 | 35592 | 35985 | 37123 | 36366 | 36234 | 49609 | 72618 |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 738 | 736 | 731 | 743 | 783 | 716 | 800 | 3967 |
| Threadiverse | 40691 | 40780 | 41368 | 43576 | 41782 | 38524 | 50753 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 743661 | 742685 | 735489 | 752673 | 757276 | 679000 | 795385 | 2737163 |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | 65315 | 65769 | 66511 | 75916 | 50252 | 36168 | 281 | 76801 |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 91900 | 91711 | 97390 | 99311 | 103265 | 84413 | 98368 | 338813 |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 43220 | 42738 | 42689 | 45396 | 29721 | 26919 | 35136 | 45936 |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 6906 | 5928 | 5565 | 13209 | 1308 | 1321 | 7811 | 14709 |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 4027 | 4007 | 4015 | 4397 | 7342 | 1204 | 0 | 29821 |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | 1789 | 1869 | 2193 | 1807 | 1557 | 3003 | 4081 | 9429 |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 1746 | 1743 | 1810 | 1801 | 1880 | 1731 | 1774 | 2025 |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | 2484 | 2494 | 2398 | 2502 | 1537 | 1418 | 2915 | 4734 |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 113 | 111 | 112 | 116 | 508 | 657 | 340 | 1168 |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 120 | 120 | 117 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 240 | 235 | 245 | 260 | 241 | 285 | 285 | 1114 |
| [Flohmarkt](https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt) | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 1002226 | 1000207 | 999921 | 1041104 | 996708 | 874650 | 997129 | |
**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](https://join.piefed.social/) | -25 | -225 | -1283 | -206 | 2853 | 4083 | -1752 |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | -66 | -459 | -1597 | -840 | -708 | -14083 | -37092 |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 2 | 7 | -5 | -45 | 22 | -62 | -3229 |
| Threadiverse | -89 | -677 | -2885 | -1091 | 2167 | -10062 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 976 | 8172 | -9012 | -13615 | 64661 | -51724 | -1993502 |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | -454 | -1196 | -10601 | 15063 | 29147 | 65034 | -11486 |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 189 | -5490 | -7411 | -11365 | 7487 | -6468 | -246913 |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 482 | 531 | -2176 | 13499 | 16301 | 8084 | -2716 |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 978 | 1341 | -6303 | 5598 | 5585 | -905 | -7803 |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 20 | 12 | -370 | -3315 | 2823 | 0 | -25794 |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | -80 | -404 | -18 | 232 | -1214 | -2292 | -7640 |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 3 | -64 | -55 | -134 | 15 | -28 | -279 |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | -10 | 86 | -18 | 947 | 1066 | -431 | -2250 |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 2 | 1 | -3 | -395 | -544 | -227 | -1055 |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 5 | -5 | -20 | -1 | -45 | -45 | -874 |
| [Flohmarkt](https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt) | -3 | -5 | -6 | -25 | 7 | 0 | -26 |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 2019 | 2305 | -38878 | 5518 | 127576 | 5097 | |
**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](https://join.piefed.social/) | -0.6% | -4.8% | -22.5% | -4.4% | 181.3% | 1186.9% | -28.4% |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | -0.2% | -1.3% | -4.3% | -2.3% | -2.0% | -28.4% | -51.1% |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 0.3% | 1.0% | -0.7% | -5.7% | 3.1% | -7.8% | -81.4% |
| Threadiverse | -0.2% | -1.6% | -6.6% | -2.6% | 5.6% | -19.8% | |
| | | | | | | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 0.1% | 1.1% | -1.2% | -1.8% | 9.5% | -6.5% | -72.8% |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | -0.7% | -1.8% | -14.0% | 30.0% | 80.6% | 23143.8% | -15.0% |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 0.2% | -5.6% | -7.5% | -11.0% | 8.9% | -6.6% | -72.9% |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 1.1% | 1.2% | -4.8% | 45.4% | 60.6% | 23.0% | -5.9% |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 16.5% | 24.1% | -47.7% | 428.0% | 422.8% | -11.6% | -53.0% |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 0.5% | 0.3% | -8.4% | -45.2% | 234.5% | 0.0% | -86.5% |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | -4.3% | -18.4% | -1.0% | 14.9% | -40.4% | -56.2% | -81.0% |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 0.2% | -3.5% | -3.1% | -7.1% | 0.9% | -1.6% | -13.8% |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | -0.4% | 3.6% | -0.7% | 61.6% | 75.2% | -14.8% | -47.5% |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 1.8% | 0.9% | -2.6% | -77.8% | -82.8% | -66.8% | -90.3% |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -6.2% |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 2.1% | -2.0% | -7.7% | -0.4% | -15.8% | -15.8% | -78.5% |
| [Flohmarkt](https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt) | -17.6% | -26.3% | -30.0% | -64.1% | 100.0% | 0.0% | -65.0% |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 0.2% | 0.2% | -3.7% | 0.6% | 14.6% | 0.5% | |
**Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:**
| Software | Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ | FediDB ^[2]^ |
| :-------- | -------: | -------: |
| [Piefed](https://join.piefed.social/) | 4427 | 5014 |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | 35526 | 46851 |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 738 | 1308 |
| Threadiverse | 40691 | 53173 |
| | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 743661 | 988458 |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | 65315 | 5231 |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 91900 | 96285 |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 43220 | 40236 |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 6906 | 13231 |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 4027 | 4044 |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | 1789 | 4123 |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 1746 | 1767 |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | 2484 | 3225 |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 113 | 1658 |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 120 | 0 |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 240 | 745 |
| | | |
| Fediverse | 1002226 | 1212176 |
- _Source: [1] [Fediverse-Observer](https://fediverse.observer/allsoftwares), [2] [FediDB](https://fedidb.com/software)_
**Notes:**
1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] 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](https://piefed.zip/c/fedigrow/p/1165910/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260301), if interested in learning more).
- Positive Daily Growth (last 6/7 Days): Friendica
- Weekly Growth (>10%, >500 MAU): Writefreely
- Looks like Loops has stabilized (finally) at ~4k. Less than half what it peaked at 2.5 months ago (~8.7k), but still 60% higher than it was 4 months ago (~2.6k). A win in my book.
- Piefed and Lemmy continue to bleed MAU, which isn't surprising, to me, after the 'drama' the past couple weeks (the 'drama' does not need to be relitigated here, If you are curious you can look it up).
**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](https://join.piefed.social/) | 4427 | 4452 | 4652 | 5710 | 4633 | 1574 | 344 | 6179 |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | 35526 | 35592 | 35985 | 37123 | 36366 | 36234 | 49609 | 72618 |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 738 | 736 | 731 | 743 | 783 | 716 | 800 | 3967 |
| Threadiverse | 40691 | 40780 | 41368 | 43576 | 41782 | 38524 | 50753 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 743661 | 742685 | 735489 | 752673 | 757276 | 679000 | 795385 | 2737163 |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | 65315 | 65769 | 66511 | 75916 | 50252 | 36168 | 281 | 76801 |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 91900 | 91711 | 97390 | 99311 | 103265 | 84413 | 98368 | 338813 |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 43220 | 42738 | 42689 | 45396 | 29721 | 26919 | 35136 | 45936 |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 6906 | 5928 | 5565 | 13209 | 1308 | 1321 | 7811 | 14709 |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 4027 | 4007 | 4015 | 4397 | 7342 | 1204 | 0 | 29821 |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | 1789 | 1869 | 2193 | 1807 | 1557 | 3003 | 4081 | 9429 |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 1746 | 1743 | 1810 | 1801 | 1880 | 1731 | 1774 | 2025 |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | 2484 | 2494 | 2398 | 2502 | 1537 | 1418 | 2915 | 4734 |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 113 | 111 | 112 | 116 | 508 | 657 | 340 | 1168 |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 120 | 120 | 117 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 240 | 235 | 245 | 260 | 241 | 285 | 285 | 1114 |
| [Flohmarkt](https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt) | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 1002226 | 1000207 | 999921 | 1041104 | 996708 | 874650 | 997129 | |
**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](https://join.piefed.social/) | -25 | -225 | -1283 | -206 | 2853 | 4083 | -1752 |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | -66 | -459 | -1597 | -840 | -708 | -14083 | -37092 |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 2 | 7 | -5 | -45 | 22 | -62 | -3229 |
| Threadiverse | -89 | -677 | -2885 | -1091 | 2167 | -10062 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 976 | 8172 | -9012 | -13615 | 64661 | -51724 | -1993502 |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | -454 | -1196 | -10601 | 15063 | 29147 | 65034 | -11486 |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 189 | -5490 | -7411 | -11365 | 7487 | -6468 | -246913 |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 482 | 531 | -2176 | 13499 | 16301 | 8084 | -2716 |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 978 | 1341 | -6303 | 5598 | 5585 | -905 | -7803 |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 20 | 12 | -370 | -3315 | 2823 | 0 | -25794 |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | -80 | -404 | -18 | 232 | -1214 | -2292 | -7640 |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 3 | -64 | -55 | -134 | 15 | -28 | -279 |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | -10 | 86 | -18 | 947 | 1066 | -431 | -2250 |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 2 | 1 | -3 | -395 | -544 | -227 | -1055 |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 5 | -5 | -20 | -1 | -45 | -45 | -874 |
| [Flohmarkt](https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt) | -3 | -5 | -6 | -25 | 7 | 0 | -26 |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 2019 | 2305 | -38878 | 5518 | 127576 | 5097 | |
**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](https://join.piefed.social/) | -0.6% | -4.8% | -22.5% | -4.4% | 181.3% | 1186.9% | -28.4% |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | -0.2% | -1.3% | -4.3% | -2.3% | -2.0% | -28.4% | -51.1% |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 0.3% | 1.0% | -0.7% | -5.7% | 3.1% | -7.8% | -81.4% |
| Threadiverse | -0.2% | -1.6% | -6.6% | -2.6% | 5.6% | -19.8% | |
| | | | | | | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 0.1% | 1.1% | -1.2% | -1.8% | 9.5% | -6.5% | -72.8% |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | -0.7% | -1.8% | -14.0% | 30.0% | 80.6% | 23143.8% | -15.0% |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 0.2% | -5.6% | -7.5% | -11.0% | 8.9% | -6.6% | -72.9% |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 1.1% | 1.2% | -4.8% | 45.4% | 60.6% | 23.0% | -5.9% |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 16.5% | 24.1% | -47.7% | 428.0% | 422.8% | -11.6% | -53.0% |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 0.5% | 0.3% | -8.4% | -45.2% | 234.5% | 0.0% | -86.5% |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | -4.3% | -18.4% | -1.0% | 14.9% | -40.4% | -56.2% | -81.0% |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 0.2% | -3.5% | -3.1% | -7.1% | 0.9% | -1.6% | -13.8% |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | -0.4% | 3.6% | -0.7% | 61.6% | 75.2% | -14.8% | -47.5% |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 1.8% | 0.9% | -2.6% | -77.8% | -82.8% | -66.8% | -90.3% |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -6.2% |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 2.1% | -2.0% | -7.7% | -0.4% | -15.8% | -15.8% | -78.5% |
| [Flohmarkt](https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt) | -17.6% | -26.3% | -30.0% | -64.1% | 100.0% | 0.0% | -65.0% |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 0.2% | 0.2% | -3.7% | 0.6% | 14.6% | 0.5% | |
**Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:**
| Software | Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ | FediDB ^[2]^ |
| :-------- | -------: | -------: |
| [Piefed](https://join.piefed.social/) | 4427 | 5014 |
| [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/) | 35526 | 46851 |
| [Mbin](https://joinmbin.org/) | 738 | 1308 |
| Threadiverse | 40691 | 53173 |
| | | |
| [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) | 743661 | 988458 |
| [NodeBB](https://nodebb.org/) | 65315 | 5231 |
| [Pixelfed](https://pixelfed.org/) | 91900 | 96285 |
| [Peertube](https://joinpeertube.org/) | 43220 | 40236 |
| [Writefreely](https://writefreely.org/) | 6906 | 13231 |
| [Loops](https://joinloops.org/) | 4027 | 4044 |
| [Bookwyrm](https://joinbookwyrm.com/) | 1789 | 4123 |
| [NeoDB](https://neodb.net/) | 1746 | 1767 |
| [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) | 2484 | 3225 |
| [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) | 113 | 1658 |
| [Catodon](https://catodon.rocks/) | 120 | 0 |
| [Funkwhale](https://www.funkwhale.audio/) | 240 | 745 |
| | | |
| Fediverse | 1002226 | 1212176 |
- _Source: [1] [Fediverse-Observer](https://fediverse.observer/allsoftwares), [2] [FediDB](https://fedidb.com/software)_
**Notes:**
1. Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] 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](https://piefed.zip/c/fedigrow/p/1165910/growth-of-the-fediverse-20260301), if interested in learning more).