Almost! At the time of this post, lemmy.world has a whopping 25733 users and is growing fast.

Since my last post yesterday, it has added 4000 new users, making it the clear second-largest lemmy instance out there. Also quickly catching up to lemmy.ml’s 36000 (not taking new signups).

beehaw.org (3rd largest) sits at 12500 users, partly because of more restrictive registration requirements.

Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

Exciting to see all this growth!

  • redditblackoutkekw@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 year ago

    Quick note: beehaw has defederated as of the other day

    I don’t think people should be encouraged to join large lemmys. The federated nature makes your home instance irrelevant for the most part, but it is harder to understand to new users than other corporate sites’: GIVE EMAIL GIVE PASSWORD HERE ACCESS

    • Hhffggshn@lemmy.click
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      I joined Lemmy.click because the bigger instances were having timeouts when I tried to sign up. I see those issues have been resolved now, but I like the idea of keeping other instances populated.

      • jcg@halubilo.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yep, in theory that should spread out the server load since every post/comment/like/etc. in the communities is sent to your instance only once but can be consumed by many people, at different times of day. I do wonder how much help one- or two-person instance are, though, or if they’re actually detrimental to the overall system.

    • Morogwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yea…everyone joining the same one really defeats the purpose. Now if more than beehaw defederates from them, there’s going to be a mass exodus.

        • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Maybe join a big one for general content and then supplement with smaller, niche ones.

          • pancakes@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            1 year ago

            I’m confused, why does it matter? Can’t you view all content the same regardless of the instance you’re on?

            • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOP
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              Yes, you’re absolutely right. Once you understand how to subscribe to communities in different instances, it doesn’t matter much. But new users may not be familiar with the process yet, and I (probably wrongly) assumed that you were one of them. That’s why I suggested the option that worked for me until I figured out federation.