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Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:

  • lemmy.world: 19516
  • lemm.ee: 3779
  • lemmy.ml: 2970
  • sh.itjust.works: 2355
  • feddit.de: 2293

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

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[–] BURN@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People want to be where people are. My guess is we’ll end up with a bunch of super instances eventually.

[–] rglullis 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People want to be where people are.

This logic only applies in centralized platforms. In the case of the Fediverse, people are everywhere and anywhere.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But here on lemmy itself we can see people gathering in just a few instances

[–] rglullis 2 points 1 year ago

Not everything happens for a logical reason. It's human nature to get together in tribes, and the majority of people are okay with just following the pack.

I just hope that eventually more people figure out that there is no significant advantage in being in the largest instances, and that it can be actually harmful (too many resources, potential drama because too much power is given to the admins, etc)