Current breakdown at the time of this post sorted by the number of monthly active users:

  1. lemmy.world: 101,013 total users / 27,472 active users
  2. lemmy.ml: 41,972 total users / 4,905 active users
  3. beehaw.org: 12,270 total users / 4,178 active users
  4. sh.itjust.works: 17,509 total users / 3,381 active users
  5. feddit.de: 8,675 total users / 2,935 active users
  6. lemm.ee: 10,348 total users / 2,751 active users
  7. lemmynsfw.com: 22,967 total users / 2,310 active users
  8. lemmy.fmhy.ml: 8,777 total users / 1,704 active users
  9. lemmy.ca: 5,072 total users / 1,656 active users
  10. programming.dev: 5,058 total users / 1,242 active users

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

  • @[email protected]English
    26•1 year ago

    I’m old enough to remember a simpler time before lemm.ee was in the top 10 largest instances (it was 2 days ago when I signed up)

    • TheSaneWriterEnglish
      10•1 year ago

      The sudden death of VLemmy and temporary closing of lemmy.world pushed a bunch of people here I think.

        • @ElectroVagrantEnglish
          5•1 year ago

          It’s a lemmystery.

          Really though, from what I’ve seen in other discussions surrounding it, it’s a genuine mystery as at the time I’m writing this (and as far as I’m aware), there’s been no further information on what happened with it, why it’s offline, etc. Lots of speculation, but no direct info to go off of.

          • TheSaneWriterEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            Indeed, no one has heard anything yet. It’s very strange, I hope the VLemmy admin is ok.