Neil Brown

How far can a toot travel in the fediverse?

I chatted recently with someone who complained that the fediverse lacked "reach".

So I'm curious: if you are up for it, could you please reply to this toot (which started life on single user instance on a tiny computer in a garage in the United Kingdom) saying which country you are in?

Edit: 12 hours, 74 countries: https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/04/a-toot-travelled-to-fediverse-users-in-53-countries-in-12-hours/

A toot travelled to fediverse users in 77 countries in 12 hours

A little over 12 hours ago - yesterday evening, at around 20:07 UTC +1, I tooted:

Apr 28, 2025 at 7:07pmWeb
Show threadGreg Harvey 🌍Apr 28, 2025
@neil France!
Show threadMaronno Winchester Apr 28, 2025
@neil
Italy here
Show threadStephen GreenhamApr 28, 2025
@neil The United Kingdom!! (Not super helpful XD)
Show threadstfnApr 28, 2025
@neil Poland🫑
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveApr 28, 2025
@neil It hopped across the small pond to the Netherlands in under a second!
Show threadrobApr 28, 2025
@sindarina @neil it has arrived in another small corner of England.
Show threadPaskajΓ€rven kaunis CharlottaApr 28, 2025
@robparsons @sindarina @neil Southern Finland πŸ‘‹πŸ»
Show threadrobApr 28, 2025
@menneisyytesi @sindarina @neil woop, woop!
Show threadMx. Eddie RApr 28, 2025
@neil
Canada.
(eta:) specifically, Ontario. We're a pretty big place.
Show threadIrishMASMSApr 29, 2025
@silvermoon82 congrats on your election!
Show threadhalcy​ Apr 28, 2025
@neil estonia! πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ
Show threadTyrone SlothropApr 28, 2025
@neil Germany
Show threadThomasApr 29, 2025

@slothrop @neil

Friesland

Show threadNike LeonhardApr 29, 2025
Hesse
@coastgnu @slothrop @neil
Show threadThomasApr 29, 2025

@Nike_Leonhard

> "Hesse"

Gesundheit!
🀑

**\*HuschUndWech!\***

Show threadThomasApr 29, 2025

@Nike_Leonhard

Wenn een Hess' op hesssch Hesse secht klingt dat fΓΆrn Frees as wie'n SchnΓΆf…
πŸ˜‰

Show threadNike LeonhardApr 29, 2025
@coastgnu
Das war nicht hessisch, sondern englisch 😁
Und ich bin norddeutsche Exilantin. Binnenmigration und so ^^
Show threadTurbodemokratHBApr 29, 2025
@Nike_Leonhard @coastgnu
Nordhessen, die Ecke Hessens, von der man nur im Dunkeln redet.
Show threadThomasApr 29, 2025

@Nike_Leonhard

Diasporanordlicht!
Fast schon Diasporafriesin…

Show threadFeliApr 29, 2025
@slothrop @neil Brandenburg
Show threadDan SugalskiApr 28, 2025
@neil I'm in the US, as is the server I'm on. (I think. Probably, at least, it may live somewhere in the interdimensional weatherzone, but it at least connects to the internet in the US)
Show threadFlaApr 28, 2025
@neil Geneva, Switzerland.
Show threadJayApr 28, 2025
@fla @neil Me too!
Show threads427Apr 29, 2025
@illiptic @fla @neil +1 😊
Show threadSimoneApr 30, 2025
@s427 @illiptic @fla @neil +1
Show threadLDA [doki doki waku waku ]Apr 28, 2025
@neil France here!
Show threadSimon WhiteApr 28, 2025
@neil I'm in France and am also on a small niche instance
Show threadJohn "Gozzy" GodslandApr 28, 2025
@neil Also UK, but on my own single person instance (although it's hosted in Germany).
Show threadDaveApr 28, 2025
@neil United States of America (in name only these days...yikes)
Show threadJo Ana MorfinApr 28, 2025
@neil Mexico :) (city) I think is also interesting to known more about the demographic you reach :)
Show threadMelApr 28, 2025
@neil UK as well.
Show threadP33trApr 28, 2025
@neil uk
Show threadJernej Simončič �Apr 28, 2025
@neil Slovenia
Show threadzipkid - Breaker of SystemsApr 28, 2025
@neil even Belgium got it. We give you 8 points.
Show threadeclectechApr 28, 2025
@neil Scotland.
Show threadaggekaApr 28, 2025
@neil Denmark πŸ‡©πŸ‡°
Show threadAnders Cornelius MadsenApr 29, 2025
@aggeka @neil
+1 for Denmark. πŸ™‚
Show threadTomas 🐧Apr 28, 2025
@neil You have reached my dell server in my closet in the hallway in my apartment in New Jersey.
Show threadcoldclimateApr 28, 2025
@neil Free State of Gatehead
Show threadzygmydApr 28, 2025

@neil

Toronto, Canada.

Show threadLight The Unicorn!Apr 28, 2025
@neil UK! Not particularly far geographically, admittedly, but its reach!
Show threadSy TaffelApr 28, 2025
@neil Aotearoa-New Zealand
Show threadWendroid πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Apr 28, 2025
@sy @neil NZ is ON THE MAP! 🩷😹
Show threadMans RApr 28, 2025
@sy @neil You win.
Show threadπŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ   πŸ’‰*10 RogerApr 29, 2025
@sy @neil another Kiwi
Show threadmmuehrenbergApr 28, 2025
@neil Germany
Show threadAspiring Deathclaw Wife Apr 28, 2025
@neil United States 
Show threadEsther Payne Apr 28, 2025
@neil France
Show threadJames Davidson 🍁☘️Apr 28, 2025
@neil BC Canada
Show threadEvelyn fra denne andre ΓΈyaApr 28, 2025
@neil I'm in the exotic land of West Yorkshire, I'm afraid
Show threadYou S BluesApr 28, 2025
@neil In the US
Show threadNannaApr 28, 2025
@neil Denmark!
Show threadRobert W. GehlApr 28, 2025

@neil Canada here.

I fondly recall being in Canada and giving an interview to Radio New Zealand and a bunch of New Zealanders followed me during the broadcast. You can reach some cool places via the fedi...

Show threadJohn Francis πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ¦«πŸApr 28, 2025
@rwg @neil the fediverse can transcend the equator without any angular momentum issues.
Show threadJochie πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆApr 28, 2025
@neil US reporting in
Show threadRune Jensen βœ… πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄ Apr 28, 2025
@neil Norway
Show threadTom StonehamApr 28, 2025
@neil
Yorkshire πŸ˜„
Show threadtigApr 28, 2025
@neil United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Worcestershire.
Show threadGina Peter BanyardApr 28, 2025
@neil also the UK!
Show threadJustine SmithiesApr 28, 2025
Damn you said United Kingdom and I so wanted to say that this toot had crossed Hadrians wall into bonnie Scotland. ;)