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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3804525

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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[–] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, lemmy.ml is French ?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they are just hosted in the OVH data center in France.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, aren't the lemmy dev and lemmy.ml admins French?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No. One is from Austria and the other lives in Canada.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Canadians are half french.

[–] Followupquestion@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The .ml is the country extension for Mali, which was colonized (read that how you want) by France along with other regions of Africa. Just recently French troops left Mali after a nine year military operation to fight Islamic militants.