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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3804525

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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[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm also impressed by feddit.de presence, Fediverse culture seems strong in Germany

[–] Cubes@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Anyone from Germany care to comment on why this is? Y'all seem to have such a large presence on here compared to others

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I'm from another nation-oriented instance that has an outsized presence, right next to Duitsland.

My guess is:

  • Germany is a big, populated country
  • People from DACH also gravitate towards feddit.de
  • The culture kinda gives itself to the project
  • The NL and the EU are the main funders of Lemmy
  • The government itself is embracing the Fediverse
[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 25 points 1 year ago

German-speaking countries in Europe. Deutschland (Germany), Austria and of course the Confœderatio Helvetica (Switzerland).

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[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Curious about the blank stats for hexbear. Should this populate over several weeks or do they pull from OUR statistics and it just didnt take them yet?

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we've got fewer active users but have an outsized post/comment count

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, dunno how #10 accurately reflects our rank because we are far and away more active than many of these instances

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is by monthly active users, not by posts

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

So dont even have a month of federation yet

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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] ElHexo@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Where's Radio Free Lemmy when you need them

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[–] rizoid@midwest.social 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wonder how many of the accounts on world are ones that are just left for dead as people moved around to other instances. I myself was day one on world but the outages became too much.

[–] Cocsam@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

I was also on world but switched to lemm.ee when they defederated hexbear.

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[–] LinkedinLenin@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Grats lemm.ee! Just gotta pump those numbers up and pass lemmy.world now

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[–] Hanabie@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

I've been on sh.itjust.works since day one of my Lemmy existence, because shit just works.

It also doesn't overdo it with defeds (beehaw) and isn't run by tankies (lemmy.ml) or nazis (exploding-heads).

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