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10 days after 3rd party reddit app shutdown, Lemmy's top 10 instances combine for a thriving userbase of 234,000

10 days after 3rd party reddit app shutdown, Lemmy's top 10 instances combine for a thriving userbase of 234,000 - LemmyWorld

Current breakdown at the time of this post: 1. lemmy.world [https://lemmy.world/]: 101,013 users 2. lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml]: 41,972 users 3. beehaw.org [http://beehaw.org]: 12,270 users 4. sh.itjust.works [https://sh.itjust.works/]: 17,509 users 5. feddit.de [http://feddit.de]: 8,675 users 6. lemm.ee [http://lemm.ee]: 10,348 users 7. lemmynsfw.com [http://lemmynsfw.com]: 22,967 users 8. lemmy.fmhy.ml [http://lemmy.fmhy.ml]: 8,777 users 9. lemmy.ca [http://lemmy.ca]: 5,072 users 10. programming.dev [https://programming.dev/]: 5,058 users Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73 [https://the-federation.info/platform/73]

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xantoxis Jul 10, 2023

That’s pretty cool.

I’m truly not being a negative nancy but the last time I checked reddit had 400M user accounts. We should be comparing active user numbers, but either way, this is a drop in the bucket and reddit rightly does not consider Lemmy a threat to its supremacy at this point.

We’re doing great though! Good trajectory.

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TheSpookiestUser Jul 10, 2023

I don’t need Lemmy to compete with or kill Reddit. All I wanted was any one platform to get enough of an influx of users to be self-sustaining even after the outrage started to die down, which appears to have been successful.

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deranger Jul 10, 2023

I agree. Just give me some decent posts and discussion. For niche things I can go to a big platform with all the users. For my daily browsing, I appreciate a small but active community.

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ghostBones

That actually tracks, since lemmy is supposedly populated mostly by “older nerdy males”. I mean they have a point, the quality of discussion is definitely better – for now. That could end with an Endless September event.