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Wow, since my post yesterday, lemmy.world has added 2000+ new users to cross the 30000 user mark! Just think, it was only at 20k three days ago. Crazy growth.

With that, lemmy.world is the clear second largest lemmy instance and has left the third largest instance beehaw.org’s 12k in the dust. It’s now within 6000 users to overtake the #1 spot from lemmy.ml (their registration is closed). Exciting to see this growth!

What are some of your favorite communities on lemmy.world so far?

To track lemmy’s growth: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] Dawn@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the 99.46% uptime is also insane for the number of users, well done @ruud@lemmy.world for doing an incredible job on this instance

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Big thanks to Ruud. I'm not even on this server but I know he's the man.

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah @ruud@lemmy.world has been doing a fantastic job keeping this instance running smoothly.

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[–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it was only at 20k three days ago.

It was less than 500 when I joined 10 days ago :D

The server itself is pretty new also, I think Ruud created it the first few days of June, huge props to him!

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

30k in just a couple of weeks. That’s incredible.

[–] Ahmed@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great job Ruud!!

This will probably increase the cost of operationg and maintaining the server to keep this level of excellent server uptime.

A kind reminder that we can support Lemmy World and donate thru Patreon / Open Collective

[–] werds@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the link, just signed up and happy to contribute

[–] Cna@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a reddit refugee it feels great to see Lemmy grow, and even better when you’re on the winning instance!! :)

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[–] Zed@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've joined two days ago and so far I'm really liking it, it seems like a nice alternative and there's something about it that really feels fresh, I think it's the fact that it's kind of slow content wise as of now since it takes time to build communities but that just makes me appreciate it even more.

we're witnessing something great taking place and I'm glad I'm part of it.

[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly reminds me a lot of the digg migration - the amount of people joining a Lemmy instance is staggering

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[–] amcjv12@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh boy 29999 friends that I can be obnoxious towards on main

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[–] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been amazing to see how fast this has all grown. There are seem real, sizeable communities here now!

[–] PorkrollPosadist@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s been amazing to see how fast this has all grown.

Says the 7 day old user. 😎

[–] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair. I suppose I'm speaking as part of that growth

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[–] Catuskoti@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

New user who just joined today, happy to be here! πŸ‘πŸΌ

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[–] TheDude@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a website that is available that tracks all this information publicly?

[–] sensibilidades@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I saw this post on kbin.social too, did they refederate?

[–] 7two@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

They had some DDOS problems and had to set up Cloudflare protection. Since a few days now they have rejoined the fediverse.

[–] weepingSomnambulist@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why the lemmy.ml registration is closed? Is it to give a chance for other instances to grow? Or because of they cant handle the sudden new users surge?

[–] seacocker@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just created /c/oldphotosinreallife for those of us missing the old one. Hopefully some of the new users will find it and add some content.

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[–] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

We comin for dat ass, Lemmy.ml

[–] SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a neighbor, I appreciate your empty defederation list. Too many lemmy instances start off with the atom bomb instead of user or community bans in response to bad behavior from individuals.

I hope you have lots of success. This side of the fediverse really needs more intellectual diversity, and I get the feeling that's what I'll continue to see from lemmy.world.

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[–] Teh@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m still having challenges getting an account to actually go through at Lemmy.World. I’m able to see content from another instance, but I’m a fan of looking at β€œall” as it opens up a lot of great content that you might not catch otherwise, so having multiple accounts at multiple sites is something I’m planning for at this point.

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

FYI, if you’re having trouble signing up, there are 3 known possible reasons when the wheel keeps spinning: username already taken, username too long (>20), and password too long. Hopefully lemmy fixes that soon.

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[–] TheCuriosity@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I had the issue too, but then I noticed in my email that there is a verify email that had to click. Once I click that I was able to get in just fine.

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[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm curious how these numbers compare to kbin.social.

Edit: I'm stupid, all the numbers are in the link at the bottom of the OP.

[–] ElectricTrombone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fantastic! When I joined the week before the reddit blackout I believe there was something like 2,000 users. Such huge growth in a short amount of time! Consider donating a few bucks monthly to help with server costs. I'm doing my part!

[–] N00dle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way to find out which instance is defederated from which or a common list. I would not know about beeshaw defederating if not mentioned here.

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[–] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was the first planet I discovered.

[–] TrinityTek@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was the first one I was able to join. Beehaw didn't accept me. They're too exclusive for me.

[–] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

lol, I'm not standing in line to go into the club. There's bars and clubs all over the place. Let's go....

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[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

And now already at 31K, it does look like it's maintaining a pace of 1k~2k new users per day.

[–] innermeerkat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Happy 30k day !

How many more users could be added? I know that lemmy has never been so popular so we can't really know, and that it will mostly depend on the hardware used, but have there already been any load tests that might give an idea?

[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think I saw ruud or another dev saying the upgrade they did the other day will allow for pretty substantial growth before another hardware upgrade will be needed, and it's mostly about optimizing now. -Not a tech guy, no source.

[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Let's here it for ruud, and all of us! Been really enjoying chopping it up with yous. I'm glad I randomly picked lemmy.world. (: thanks to whoever put up the link in some random reddit thread!

[–] HorseFD@lemmy.buzz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That is great to see for Lemmy.

[–] aranym@lemmy.name 4 points 1 year ago

Congrats, ya'll! It's a fantastic instance :)

[–] jerrimu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And we’re not stopping until we are the Lemmy

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