Decided to look at network stats again. There are 1M more people using #Mastodon today than there were on October 27.
@Gargron how does that make you feel?? It must be so shocking in a sense!!
@KageNoTsuma @Gargron new server capacity right now! 🥵🥵😁
@Gargron That's a huge increase for just two weeks.
@Gargron I need track into this subject 😂 I am genuinely amused
Mastodon Users (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image 6,608,621 accounts +2,948 in the last hour +83,053 in the last day +691,477 in the last week

Bitcoin Mastodon

@Clepanto @Gargron You might find this interesting if you've not come across it before.

https://fediverse.observer/stats

If you're technically minded there is also an API to query the data.

Fediverse Observer checks all sites in the fediverse and gives you an easy way to find a home from a map or list or automatically.

Fediverse Sites Status. Find a Fediverse server to sign up for, find one close to you!

@Gargron what's really standing out is that scaling worked like a charm
@Gargron This is great. I feel like this time, there are more people tooting. I also find a lot of relevant content on the hashtags I follow.
@jsamwrites @Gargron
How do you follow hashtags?

@Strickalator @Gargron

1. You can search for a hashtag, e.g. #OpenSource on the search interface (web)

or

Change the URL https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenSource with a hashtag of your choice.

2. If you are on the web interface, you can see the search results and an icon (person) next to "Back". Click it to follow the hashtag.

3. Now toots related to OpenSource will appear on your timeline.

Mastodon

A newer server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

Mastodon hosted on mastodon.online
@jsamwrites @Gargron
What about when using the Android app?
@Strickalator @Gargron I have not found this feature on apps like Tusky.
@Gargron Will the instances increase their capacities?
More and more seem to be closed. How does this work?
@Gargron @Johann_v_d_Bron
Maybe using #InviteLinks, if they’re still allowed on a given server? 🤔 💡 💁🏻‍♂️
People would need to communicate with each other to get them though… 😏 😉
@Johann_v_d_Bron yes. A lot of instances are closing new applications until they have had a chance to scale up.
@Johann_v_d_Bron @Gargron people step up and create new servers, anyone can do it, although it's slightly (but really, not extraordinarly) technical, it's built to be decentralized, not dependent on any particular server, so it can't be destroyed by a billionnaire buying a particular server.

@Gargron Hello from Boston! I’m a newbie and grateful for Mastodon and the Fediverse.

I really like the community and emojis 

@Fitnessfoundry then spread the word like tapping the talking drums around to your friends that #mastodon gets better known in the US 😊

@fenriswitch 100% Agree! Sharing is caring ☯️

I am asking others to join and mentioning that the community is most helpful to newbies!

Mastodon is in my bio links and now on all my social media posts.  

Next step is to support with donations. Teamwork. 

@Fitnessfoundry Hi from Cambridge!

@alcinoe Hola! Cambridge rocks🎸

I’m in Malden and grew up in Boston. Nice to meet you.

@Fitnessfoundry Hola! Nice to meet here in a nice place!
@Fitnessfoundry @Gargron I also just joined from South Africa, can't wait to say I joined in 2022
@Gargron that’s absolutely awesome 👏 🐘❤️
@Gargron Blimey! 😂 Greetings 👋🌻
@Gargron I joined yesterday and found this platform very good.
@Gargron
How do you get this stats from different servers? Are all of them included?
@DarkoV @Gargron Maybe the server page at joinmastodon? Scroll to bottom on the left. https://joinmastodon.org/servers
Servers

Find where to sign up for the decentralized social network Mastodon.

@Gargron

1M more accounts? Wow.
And it Scaled up. :)

Surely there has to be some stat, or rule of thumb that a certain percentage of those are only sign ups, and never come back, and duplicates on different servers...
and a certain percent will stick around.... etc, etc...

@mike
@stux

@Gargron any public page to get those stats? Congrats :-)
@Gargron I just shared this on Twitter in a Tweet. I also see people sharing Twitter posts on Mastodon in a Toot. The interconnection that is taking place is crazy.
@Gargron and Mastodon.social is running, no downtime no delay 🥰
@michel42 @Gargron
Seriously? What server are you on? I'm still experiencing massive issues on sdf
@Gargron Sorry for the oftopic, I need to ask something out of pure curiosity, in this instance of Mastodon, the :verified: exists/works?
@cibernicola @Gargron But it doesn't mean anything. You can self verify by doing some reference link wizardry to a personal web site. People with checks next to their name are just adding it like an emoji, don't pay attention to it.
I became a sponsor on the 27th, the last day before the bird got "freed". 💪
@Gargron keep telling us what support you need from us. I have donated, happy to, but also happy to be educated. It’s already clear to me that Mastodon is different to Twitter, and not just an alternative. Trying to be mindful that there was a long established community here that might be feeling gategrashed.
@Gargron that's incredible, but sounds exhausting for those working behind the scenes! I'm grateful to be here on the ground floor to watch it grow. I love my instance and how diverse the discussions are. I've only been here since Halloween and I am STOKED.
@Gargron Congrats Eugen. You're awesome. Perhaps you should have this as your PP for a bit..
@Gargron Estaría muy bien crear algo que facilite la creación de nuevas instancias. No se exactamente cómo se haría pero por ejemplo a mi me haría ilusión colaborar con la mía, pero no tengo los conocimientos necesarios para ello.
@Gargron thanks for building such a wonderful new home for folks
@Gargron
Is there a place one could download these data from?
Would love to do some visualisations of it.