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

  • BaggySpandex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is the important part. I’m part of the big homebrewing (beer) community on Reddit, as well as some local subs for my home area. I don’t think a ton of those users can figure it out as easily as someone like myself.

    • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think it’ll take some time for the smaller niche communities to build up, but I want them now!