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Is Lemmy growing or shrinking? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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How is the size of Lemmy's userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?

I feel like I used to see graphs on this sub fairly regularly, but haven't seen one recently. There was also some ambiguity in the numbers as commenting and voting were added to the active user totals. Now that most (all?) instances have switched to 0.19, do we have a better idea of where things stand?

Aside from sticking around and posting, commenting, and voting, is there anything users should be doing to help grow the platform? (!lemmygrow would be a good name for a sublemmy, if anyone wanted to organize something)

In any case, thanks to everyone who has helped grow Lemmy to its current size!

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[-] rimu@piefed.social 78 points 7 months ago

It's too early to say, as the method of accounting for 'active user' changed recently.

Seems to me like Lemmy is "consolidating". Some people are leaving but the community is deepening in norms, understanding, commitment and cohesion. This shows up as better content and discussions all the time. Spam is snuffed out quickly, more communities have better moderators. Our infrastructure is maturing and the software is getting better.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Theses stats are a bit weird to read and idk how trustworthy they are, but generally i would agree because even though total active user count might be stagnant, the comment and post numbers are steadily growing.

[-] h3ndrik@feddit.de 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The total user count is meaningless. Look at the monthly active users. That gives a good picture. And those are the correct links and graphs.

(The total users mainly show how the Reddit exodus happened. Lots of people made an account and used it once. Thus the steep incline in users. But they're not real, just zombie records. Also it's heavily affected by instances moving, shutting down or doing maintenance. Also lots of people here have multiple accounts. And there is some degree of farming and bot activity...)

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago

total active user count

Thats what i said, whether you filter by day or by month or whatever is a different question.

[-] h3ndrik@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Hehe, now I get you. But I don't think there is something like "total active..." 😆 It's either the active users or the total amount... You just confused me by using both opposing words in a row.