this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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Two timelines I created of the total users at the top 10 Lemmy instances as a bar chart race and as a line chart. The line chart only includes the current top 10 Lemmy instances as of the 9th of June 2023 because Flourish only allows ten lines at a time.

I used the Federation to determine the current top 10 Lemmy instances as of the 9th of June and the 14th of July 2023. The website only has sorting function for the current data, and the instances have to opt in to be included. Therefore, it is likely that some instances are not included. Furthermore, the website seems to only contain data from the last year, so the website do not have documentation on the top instances prior to this period. Additionally, I excluded instances that have had quick growth in total users but not in posts and comments.

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[–] Gabino3503 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is the amount of user accounts the instance have.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Yea. If the weekly/monthly user numbers are available, that'd be cool too. Tough to get a clear image during migrations though because signing up and never returning counts, I think, as a weekly/monthly active user in the time window.

Cool animation BTW!!