Takeaways:
- No one is having a good week besides Bookwyrm
- Positive Daily Growth (last 7/7 Days): Bookwyrm
- Weekly Growth (5-10%, >500 MAU): Bookwyrm
- Mastodon's big drop (~291k) is actual a server count error (~285k) that was corrected, so a real drop of ~6k
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 | 4835 | 4859 | 4904 | 5323 | 2057 | 1646 | 369 | 6179 |
| Lemmy | 36435 | 36472 | 36713 | 36854 | 35487 | 36511 | 52453 | 72618 |
| Mbin | 720 | 723 | 735 | 739 | 746 | 752 | 852 | 3967 |
| Threadiverse | 41990 | 42054 | 42352 | 42916 | 38290 | 38909 | 53674 | |
| Mastodon | 743327 | 743753 | 1034907 | 722867 | 732938 | 679417 | 837408 | 2737163 |
| NodeBB | 71934 | 73145 | 75744 | 62790 | 48338 | 33967 | 312 | 76801 |
| Pixelfed | 104341 | 105420 | 105792 | 106353 | 116430 | 96031 | 107297 | 338813 |
| Peertube | 43729 | 44115 | 44226 | 45042 | 28338 | 22216 | 34983 | 45936 |
| Writefreely | 2484 | 2865 | 3118 | 11097 | 1411 | 1295 | 7597 | 14709 |
| Loops | 3975 | 3976 | 4111 | 4953 | 2797 | 1598 | 0 | 29821 |
| Bookwyrm | 2193 | 2153 | 1998 | 1692 | 3744 | 2917 | 6735 | 9429 |
| NeoDB | 1819 | 1829 | 1845 | 1796 | 1986 | 1717 | 1841 | 2025 |
| Friendica | 2405 | 2434 | 2489 | 2506 | 1442 | 1543 | 3068 | 4734 |
| Forgejo | 112 | 114 | 123 | 127 | 500 | 578 | 565 | 1168 |
| Catodon | 118 | 119 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| Funkwhale | 239 | 238 | 241 | 294 | 264 | 290 | 334 | 1114 |
| Flohmarkt | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 40 |
| Fediverse | 1018692 | 1022241 | 1317092 | 1002456 | 976505 | 880491 | 1053814 |
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 | -24 | -69 | -488 | 2778 | 3189 | 4466 | -1344 |
| Lemmy | -37 | -278 | -419 | 948 | -76 | -16018 | -36183 |
| Mbin | -3 | -15 | -19 | -26 | -32 | -132 | -3247 |
| Threadiverse | -64 | -362 | -926 | 3700 | 3081 | -11684 | |
| Mastodon | -426 | -291580 | 20460 | 10389 | 63910 | -94081 | -1993836 |
| NodeBB | -1211 | -3810 | 9144 | 23596 | 37967 | 71622 | -4867 |
| Pixelfed | -1079 | -1451 | -2012 | -12089 | 8310 | -2956 | -234472 |
| Peertube | -386 | -497 | -1313 | 15391 | 21513 | 8746 | -2207 |
| Writefreely | -381 | -634 | -8613 | 1073 | 1189 | -5113 | -12225 |
| Loops | -1 | -136 | -978 | 1178 | 2377 | 0 | -25846 |
| Bookwyrm | 40 | 195 | 501 | -1551 | -724 | -4542 | -7236 |
| NeoDB | -10 | -26 | 23 | -167 | 102 | -22 | -206 |
| Friendica | -29 | -84 | -101 | 963 | 862 | -663 | -2329 |
| Forgejo | -2 | -11 | -15 | -388 | -466 | -453 | -1056 |
| Catodon | -1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
| Funkwhale | 1 | -2 | -55 | -25 | -51 | -95 | -875 |
| Flohmarkt | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 13 | 0 | -14 |
| Fediverse | -3549 | -298400 | 16236 | 42187 | 138201 | -35122 |
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 | -0.5% | -1.4% | -9.2% | 135.1% | 193.7% | 1210.3% | -21.8% |
| Lemmy | -0.1% | -0.8% | -1.1% | 2.7% | -0.2% | -30.5% | -49.8% |
| Mbin | -0.4% | -2.0% | -2.6% | -3.5% | -4.3% | -15.5% | -81.9% |
| Threadiverse | -0.2% | -0.9% | -2.2% | 9.7% | 7.9% | -21.8% | |
| Mastodon | -0.1% | -28.2% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 9.4% | -11.2% | -72.8% |
| NodeBB | -1.7% | -5.0% | 14.6% | 48.8% | 111.8% | 22955.8% | -6.3% |
| Pixelfed | -1.0% | -1.4% | -1.9% | -10.4% | 8.7% | -2.8% | -69.2% |
| Peertube | -0.9% | -1.1% | -2.9% | 54.3% | 96.8% | 25.0% | -4.8% |
| Writefreely | -13.3% | -20.3% | -77.6% | 76.0% | 91.8% | -67.3% | -83.1% |
| Loops | -0.0% | -3.3% | -19.7% | 42.1% | 148.7% | 0.0% | -86.7% |
| Bookwyrm | 1.9% | 9.8% | 29.6% | -41.4% | -24.8% | -67.4% | -76.7% |
| NeoDB | -0.5% | -1.4% | 1.3% | -8.4% | 5.9% | -1.2% | -10.2% |
| Friendica | -1.2% | -3.4% | -4.0% | 66.8% | 55.9% | -21.6% | -49.2% |
| Forgejo | -1.8% | -8.9% | -11.8% | -77.6% | -80.6% | -80.2% | -90.4% |
| Catodon | -0.8% | -1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -7.8% |
| Funkwhale | 0.4% | -0.8% | -18.7% | -9.5% | -17.6% | -28.4% | -78.5% |
| Flohmarkt | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.0% | -3.7% | 100.0% | 0.0% | -35.0% |
| Fediverse | -0.3% | -22.7% | 1.6% | 4.3% | 15.7% | -3.3% |
Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:
| Software | Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ | FediDB ^[2]^ |
|---|---|---|
| Piefed | 4835 | 5371 |
| Lemmy | 36435 | 47602 |
| Mbin | 720 | 1304 |
| Threadiverse | 41990 | 54277 |
| Mastodon | 743327 | 987911 |
| NodeBB | 71934 | 7084 |
| Pixelfed | 104341 | 108909 |
| Peertube | 43729 | 40049 |
| Writefreely | 2484 | 13592 |
| Loops | 3975 | 4045 |
| Bookwyrm | 2193 | 4495 |
| NeoDB | 1819 | 1844 |
| Friendica | 2405 | 3137 |
| Forgejo | 112 | 1664 |
| Catodon | 118 | 0 |
| Funkwhale | 239 | 741 |
| Fediverse | 1018692 | 1227748 |
- Source: [1] Fediverse-Observer, [2] FediDB
Notes:
- Threadiverse is Piefed, Lemmy, and Mbin. Fediverse only accounts for listed software [16], not the other [113] software tracked by Fediverse-Observer.
- 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].
- 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).
I wasn't think of changing/adding the code base, but yeah, that wouldn't seem to be too difficult to someone who knew the language.
Without modifying anything, maybe instance activity could be determined by {number of comments} / {number of posts}? The higher the number, the more active it would be.
So looking at "/nodeinfo/2.1" on a couple random servers, they have "localposts", "localcomments", and users: "activemonthly", "activehalfyear", and "total".
Without admin access, someone could get what your asking for, but it would be an overall rather than a current snapshot. If someone wanted to do it, they could daily track the changes in comments, posts, and MAU. From there we could calculate a variety of 'activity' levels for each instance.
I'm semi curious what we'd see, but I don't think curious enough to code a script and run it daily. Maybe if I made a 'server' from an old laptop, but I wouldn't hold my breath on it happening.