How is the size of Lemmy's userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?

I feel like I used to see graphs on this sub fairly regularly, but haven't seen one recently. There was also some ambiguity in the numbers as commenting and voting were added to the active user totals. Now that most (all?) instances have switched to 0.19, do we have a better idea of where things stand?

Aside from sticking around and posting, commenting, and voting, is there anything users should be doing to help grow the platform? (!lemmygrow would be a good name for a sublemmy, if anyone wanted to organize something)

In any case, thanks to everyone who has helped grow Lemmy to its current size!

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[–] merthyr1831 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Im seeing more communities on my feed than ever. Even if it's shrinking, the ones who stay are active.

Just FYI, every "wave" of signups from some reddit/other news relating to lemmy will always be followed by some falloff as people dont both signing in every day -- which is basically how people use reddit and other apps but with such a large installcount they're not as noticeable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

every "wave" of signups from some reddit/other news relating to lemmy will always be followed by some falloff

Also as they see how much propaganda and political extremism is on Lemmy.

[–] Bernie_Sandals 6 points 7 months ago

Yup, I mean I'm pretty left, but the endless politics is probs bad for the platform in the long run. We need more "normie" and hobby communities if we're gonna keep attracting new people.