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From 2,997 active users across all lemmy instances at the beginning of June, the number increased to 52,797 by June 30th. Source.

An active user on Lemmy is "someone who has posted or commented on our instance or community within the last given time frame.” Source. That means lurkers are not counted as active users. There are currently almost 200k total users spread across the top 10 non-bot lemmy instances.

We're really building something here!


EDIT: Looking for a lemmy app? Here's a whole list: https://lemmy.world/post/465785

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[–] baggyspandex@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Registration and discovery needs to be simplified tremendously for long term viability. But it’s a good start.

[–] BecomingTheFalcon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

From the outside looking in, the whole model seemed needlessly complicated. So it’s like there’s a LOT of reddit.coms over here? But they’re all the same? But also different? What’s the difference? Which one do I sign up on?

But then I get here and realized it doesn’t really matter that much, since you can more or less use all of them regardless of which one you sign up for.

Something about the way users try to communicate what Lemmy/Fediverse IS, is the complicated part. It’s like everyone wants to jump straight to the more technical details behind how the model works; which probably scares off a lot of the people who just want a place to pop in and talk about their hobbies.

[–] Ryumast3r@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I just told my fairly tech-unsavvy partner the email analogy:

You sign up on Google, I sign up on yahoo, my bro-in-law runs his own from a server in his house. We can all email each other and the email looks mostly the same no matter who reads it, but yahoo isn't Google isn't my bro-in-law. Lemmy = email in general, yahoo = lemmy.ml, Google = lemmy.world, etc.

She immediately got it and has an account on some instance and has subscribed to a bunch of places.

[–] EddieTee77@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is a great way to think about it! Thank you. I'll be using this to help explain it to my friends

[–] ex_redditor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The thing that’s weird to me is that say I like football (soccer). I’m sure there are dozens of “instances” have a soccer community, but which one should I follow? It seems like this architecture fragments the user base too much.

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[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Image Transcription: Line Graph


[A line graph is shown depicting the number of users on Lemmy over one month's time. The horizontal axis lists the date of each reading, with an interval shown for every day. The earliest date begins at '2023-05-28' and the most recent date is given as '2023-06-26'. The vertical axis measures the number of users, with intervals marked at every 5,000 users, with an upper limit of 50,000 users. There is a green trend like and a blue trend line graphed from plot points at every horizontal interval. The green line is labelled 'Active users monthly' shows increase over time. The line remains flat at approximately 1,000 users from the '05-28' date mark to the '05-31' mark, then begins to gradually increase to approximately 10,000 users, starting to show a trend similar to the beginning of an exponential growth curve. At the '06-11' date mark, the line begins increasing at a relatively steady rate, with the last marked date showing just over 45,000 users. There are two points in which the line shows an apparent indication of levelling off in user count, before then showing a sudden increase in users again, with neither of these points significantly impacting the overall upward trend. These points are at the dates '06-16' and '06-21'. The second graphed line, the blue line, is labelled 'Active Users Half year' and starts at approximately 3,000 users, but follows an almost identical trend shape as the green line as it increases approximately parallel to it. The blue line ends at around 48,000 users at the final graphed point.]


^I'm a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^

[–] Nackledar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago
[–] CyberedCake@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Very cool! Thanks for doing this!

[–] Anonymau5@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Really enjoying my time here

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Anonymau5@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pumping it up! 😁

[–] Ugo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Getting users to come and try is great, but the real challenge is to keep them on the platform and get them to contribute. Fingers crossed!

[–] chardiemacdennis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Posting to become a statistic! Yay for being a number!!

[–] Zippit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Okay, you've convinced me to become a statistic too.

[–] 0ddysseus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Refugee here. Been poking around trying to find the right place in the fediverse for ages, while lurking on reddit for pics, memes, and news. The impending death of reddit apps was just the push I need to finally make a decision. Happy to finally be here and looking forward to the expansion of a decentralized decorporatised internet

[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you for welcoming us to the Fediverse. I hope we can bring more good than bad. People are so fragile and flawed, but we can try to not be assholes or own at least own up to it if we do.

❤️ Free hugs! ❤️

[–] N1NJ4W4RR10R_@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Keen to see what those numbers will look like in July.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Can't wait for it to continue growing

[–] Liontamer007@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Glad to be of service

[–] Ohthereyouare@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

First day, checking in. So far, so good.

[–] goldenboy48@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hopefully a viable Reddit replacement here

[–] GeneralStrike@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm optimistic. Seems to be catching on quicker than I'd expected.

[–] kiteatstwigs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Adding my voice! Exploring this whole new world. It's all quite exciting.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

To hijack a brain dead crypto bro phrase:

tO tHe MoOn!!!

[–] jkdm@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Leaving my first comment to be added to the count

[–] TheLastScholar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Gotta be part of the statistics!

[–] Samuraiedge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Former RIF users first comment. Hello everybody!

[–] cabin_fever@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Missing RIF but happy to be here!

[–] T0rrent01@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Let's see how many % it grows in July when shit really hits the fan.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Reddit refugees flooding the border

[–] o_oli@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Truly though. Less than 3k users a month ago and now over 50k and counting? Basically everyone here is looking for a reddit replacement. Hopefully those 3k other people don't mind lmao

[–] AzPsycho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I come seeking refuge from the shit storm that is reddit leadership.

[–] henfredemars@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Happy to be part of the sudden stress test of your software and infrastructure! June 30 hit and I needed a place to go. Found Lemmy. Found Connect for Lemmy. I don't know if this is the future for a Reddit-like service, but I'm pleased to see some real activity and I'm glad to be a part.

[–] Illogic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
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