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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:

  • lemmy.world: 19516
  • lemm.ee: 3779
  • lemmy.ml: 2970
  • sh.itjust.works: 2355
  • feddit.de: 2293

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

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[-] Lucia@eviltoast.org 47 points 1 year ago

why do people choose it over other instances?

Non-techy people want a big instance, but .world goes offline too often and .ml doesn't allow new sign ups.

[-] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When I tested different instances lemm.ee was quite small compared to the big ones. The main pros are technically fast and stable. It also federates comprehensively.

Edit: also remembered that it hasn't had any insane admin/rule situations that I've noticed

[-] Durotar@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

.ml doesn’t allow new sign ups.

It does, however one must know what is six minus two to get the approval.

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago

That's new, they were closed for a while

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

They were during the thick of the Reddit migration

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

They got aome of the most traffic during the migration, so it pulled itself off the instance list page i think for regiatration so that people would join other instances leveling the load

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Do I qualify now? : )

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Also lemme.ee is not defederated from one or two instances that I want to access consistently which is why I made a new account there for my new main

[-] Metriximor@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You sure about that? I just made this account a few days ago.

[-] Lucia@eviltoast.org 1 points 1 year ago

They closed sign ups during the early days of the migration up until recently. I just missed the moment they're open again since I'm not interested in large instances.

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