Wow. "Mastodon has grown eight times its size in a matter of weeks, going from approximately 300,000 users in October to 2.5 million in November" 😲
From: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/tech/mastodon-twitter-usage/index.html
UPDATE: Those data were from November. Currently there are over 8.7 MILLION accounts on Mastodon (3.5 TIMES as many as when the article was written). https://bitcoinhackers.org/@mastodonusercount/109548012136865393
Mastodon Users (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image 8,734,320 accounts +1,948 in the last hour +42,477 in the last day +317,569 in the last week

Bitcoin Mastodon
@pollak The numbers Eugen gave were number of active users. There were 6M _total_ users before October, but only around 300k active. (Since that article was written, the number has fallen from 2.5M to 1.7M.) https://mastodont.cat/@fediverse/109551351263618907
Fediverse stats (@[email protected])

Adjunt: 3 imatges #fediverse alive servers stats alive servers: 7,227 (-21) max: 8,494 total MAU: 1,798,043 (+7,200) max: 2,444,236 top ten (MAU / servers): :mastodon: 1,732,541 / 3,448 :peertube: 27,664 / 950 :pleroma: 13,639 / 856 :misskey: 7,297 / 274 :hometown: 2,991 / 50 :diaspora: 2,502 / 10 :friendica: 2,335 / 95 :activity-relay: 1,586 / 12 :lemmy: 1,131 / 64 :pixelfed: 1,126 / 26

mastodont.cat, cultura catalana.
@pollak it's like the grinch's heart
@edoggthered Erik! What are you doing over here! I thought you might be too rural to figure out a new platform.
@pollak Oh I've had an account here but don't check it too often. I find it doesn't make me angry enough to retain my interest. I think I may have a problem.
@pollak It's now around 8 million, so it's quite a bit bigger than even then...
@toxtethogrady wow, hadn't seen the latest numbers. That's crazy!
@pollak It’s over 8.5 million now.
@pollak @Dahlialith and it was done successfully without centralized infrastructure. And that is the under-reported story, IMHO.

@pollak

@sfoguj

There are over 8 million accounts now. (All instances or servers). This account tracks them on an hourly basis.

https://bitcoinhackers.org/@mastodonusercount/109548012136865393

Mastodon Users (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image 8,734,320 accounts +1,948 in the last hour +42,477 in the last day +317,569 in the last week

Bitcoin Mastodon
@pollak and we’re all still getting on alright! Best group house ever!