@fediverse Fediverse user growth jumped to ~50’000’000 users. What happened ?
The FediDB *Fediverse User Growth* graph shows a significant jump in user count in February. Software distribution is also 81% *other*, and the biggest server is fediverse.hanbitgaram.com with 39 million users ! What happened ?
https://fedidb.org/

  • GuyWithLag@lemmy.world
    21·
    9 months ago
    • It may be counting Threads / Bsky participants
    • More likely fediverse broke through to the awareness of bit fleet maintainers…
    • GuyWithLag@lemmy.world
      285·
      9 months ago

      Well, it’s one smartass that spun up his own system and that reports 39m users.

      A different kind of spam, looks like.

    • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      AFAIK, no bridges to Bluesky are actually active yet, and Bridgy Fed is considering ways of going opt-in.