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2025-10-03 20:35:59

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Just the other day I was replying to someone on here who was pointing out that the activity on Mastodon has been slowing down. I mentioned that the same seems to be happening on Bluesky (links coming up in replies), and today I came across this.

https://flowingdata.com/2025/10/03/passed-peak-social-media-maybe/

#SocialMedia

2025-10-03 20:38:22

Stefan Bohacek

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

As for the links:

- Mastodon analytics: https://mastodon-analytics.com/
- Bluesky user stats: https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth + https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

And if the linked article in the post above is paywalled, try https://archive.is/0BNiT.

2025-10-03 20:41:26

younger

Justin@social.younger.wtf

@stefan If its anything like what I am doing, the news here is so fucking bad I cant look at social media too often or Ill have a breakdown

2025-10-03 20:41:31

Kit Malone

thekitmalone@hoosier.social

@stefan good news tbh

2025-10-03 21:13:56

Stefan Bohacek

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

And before I get corrected, I did mean Mastodon specifically, see https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115311686596809608.

Likely this is the case for all of the fediverse, but https://fedidb.com doesn't go far back enough to fairly compare.

2025-10-04 08:24:57

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Stefan Bohacek If you mean that content that originated on Mastodon as opposed to appearing on Mastodon is declining, one reason may be because Mastodon's "market share" within the Fediverse is shrinking. But AFAIK, the Fediverse itself isn't.

So the activity that Mastodon has lost didn't go to Bluesky, but rather to places like Sharkey or GoToSocial or, in the cases of more daring users, even Friendica and its descendants (although I've yet to see anyone permanently move directly from Mastodon to (streams) or Forte, also because the latter inevitably requires your own server).

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Sharkey #GoToSocial #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte

2025-10-04 05:01:40

Chirayu :verified: :twit:

mountdiscovery@twit.social

@stefan I'd attest this as well

I also have limited my usage. Now I open this platform once a day.