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As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] atomicpoet@kbin.earth 99 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m not a Lemmy admin, but from what I’m seeing, there’s been an uptick of 4,000 Lemmy registrations within the last 24 hours.

There’s now 477,048 Lemmy accounts.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whaaaaa???? Last I heard there was like 60k Lemmy accounts total. What the fuck happened since October???

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Aside, looks like pixelfed is growing too?

[–] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

these stats areee... not the best? fuck i hope we dont fizzle, this better just be the begininng

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 2 weeks ago

46K active users is nothing to sneeze at. Most old school forums were hella active with just 1K

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The typical ratio is 1:9:90, meaning only 10% are actively posting or commenting. The Lemmy numbers fit to that surprisingly well, although you would think a few more lurkers would at least vote sometimes (which Lemmy reports as active in the monthly stats). My guess is that the lurkers don't even bother to sign in.

[–] 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

First time I made an account I fd up the verification question (didnt even look), took me months to make an account again because I was annoyed I couldnt have that username on that instance because I did It wrong.

[–] 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

some sort of retry option for the verifcation question might be helpful

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Am I confused, or is that link not a forum?

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

https://discuit.net/

One of the more commonly recommended reddit alternatives aside from Lemmy. Goes to show how far ahead we are of any other alternative, they all have virtually no activity.

Also note that we bottomed out around 37k in October 2024, so we have seen pretty significant growth since then, and it seems to be accelerating.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is voat still a “reddit alternative”? When they launched like over 10 years ago that’s how they billed themselves. Then I think their user base was mostly conservative, which might have prevented some people from trying it.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Voat shut itself down. It basically speedrun the reddit refugees > reddit conservatives > reddit nazis within months and then it spent the rest of its life with nazis trying to out-nazi each other, until its owner finally realized what their version of "free speech" really means.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Posts and comments are on the rise!

(although the posts are all coming from like 3 people)

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Makes me smile to see people recognizing me outside of my Screenshot posts. I didn’t realize that I was known outside of the gaming community I post in though lol