From 2,997 active users across all lemmy instances at the beginning of June, the number increased to 52,797 by June 30th. Source.

An active user on Lemmy is "someone who has posted or commented on our instance or community within the last given time frame.” Source. That means lurkers are not counted as active users. There are currently almost 200k total users spread across the top 10 non-bot lemmy instances.

We’re really building something here!


EDIT: Looking for a lemmy app? Here’s a whole list: https://lemmy.world/post/465785

  • @TheSilentOne59
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    181 year ago

    I keep seeing people say this but honestly registering is really easy. It took me 5 minutes to figure out how to create an account after leaving reddit

    • BaggySpandex
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      111 year ago

      Well, sure, anyone posting here at the moment figured it out. But I’d bet there’s tons of people interested but intimidated.

      • ToastyWaffle
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        41 year ago

        You literally click the sign up button, fill out the form, get an email saying your application was accepted and then log in. What is complicated about that?

        Genuine question.

        • BaggySpandex
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          41 year ago

          The complication comes from things aside from the sign-up process. It’s understanding instances and navigation. People don’t know how it works. I.e. what is the equivalent of a subreddit? Who hosts it? Is it someone’s personal server? What if it goes down suddenly? Etc.

          • ToastyWaffle
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            41 year ago

            But that’s not an issue with the sign up process, so why are people complaining that it is difficult and complicated to sign up?

            I agree there definitely should be somewhere that shows an infographic of how the fediverse works. I’ve seen this one that can be handy for people to understand.

            • @JoeKrogan
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              21 year ago

              This is great. This is what should be on page to choose an instance . A no nonsense guide that people can just read and get the concepts. I think content such as this is the way to go. People don’t know or care why it is better in most cases but this gives them the gist in a minute.

        • Spzi
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          11 year ago

          You literally click the sign up button, fill out the form, get an email saying your application was accepted and then log in. What is complicated about that?

          Coming from https://join-lemmy.org/, you need two clicks before you even see a signup button. That is two clicks on pages filled with technical talk about servers and other mostly irrelevant details. In total, you need to visit three pages with different looks, and find one specific button on each.

          We don’t need to agree wether it is complicated or not. We should note it’s a perception many newcomers have. If we want to make life easier for newcomers, this is one area to work on.

    • @jennwiththesea
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      21 year ago

      I had heard about it for a week, but finally signed up when a mod I trusted on a reddit sub I used posted a sign-up link to lemmy.world. I’m somewhat tech proficient, but that extra step of figuring out a good instance to join was enough to stop me for a while. I didn’t want to join a dud and have yet another dead login somewhere. YMMV, of course!