Okay, it’s actually 18955 at the time of this post. I’m looking at https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list and lemmy.world has already passed beehaw.org by a large margin for second place.
Can’t wait for this place to start filling out!
UPDATE: 5 minutes after the post, it’s now 19061. Officially more than 19000!
It looks like a lot of new communities are popping up on Lemmy world so people might be joining it to post in one of the new communities.
That’s why I’m here. This place seems like it has the most consolidated niche communities
Which communities?
There are so many, you’ll have to check them out