##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.16
Number of active instances: 19 263
Number of new instances last 24h: -2
Number of users: 15 827 507
Number of new users last 24h: 8 273
Mastodon domination: 65.10 %

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Okay, wait, but someone told Grok to put a bikini on the Bluesky logo... and Bluesky folks... made it their pfp.

And then... the bio:

ActivityPub standardization is back! The #w3c just announced a new Working Group to evolve #activitypub and #activitystream and related standards! This is extremely good news. It's not like all the world's federated social media protocol problems were already solved! […]

ActivityPub standardization is back! The #W3C just announced a new Working Group to evolve #ActivityPub and #ActivityStream and related standards! This is extremely good news. It's not like all the world's federated social media protocol problems were already solved! lists.w3.org/Archive...

Everyone here loves a CSS-in-JS system, right? I took a look at Meta's StyleX and how it compares to the more commonly used Tailwind. While "just use CSS dammit" is the normal response to such tools, it does seem like StyleX has a very specific (and rare) use case: highly scaled apps […]

##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.15
Number of active instances: 19 265
Number of new instances last 24h: -3
Number of users: 15 819 234
Number of new users last 24h: 7 606
Mastodon domination: 65.11 %

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##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.14
Number of active instances: 19 268
Number of new instances last 24h: 6
Number of users: 15 811 628
Number of new users last 24h: 3 552
Mastodon domination: 65.12 %

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American Federation of Teachers is (finally!) dumping X, and moving to Bluesky. Good for them!

One of the pitches that is being made about decentralized social media is that it can be censorship resistant.

Iran has been in a situation of maximum censorship for days now, as they simply turned off all communication services.

How would social media look like that could still be functional […]

##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.13
Number of active instances: 19 262
Number of new instances last 24h: 6
Number of users: 15 808 076
Number of new users last 24h: 5 243
Mastodon domination: 65.11 %

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##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.12
Number of active instances: 19 256
Number of new instances last 24h: 8
Number of users: 15 802 833
Number of new users last 24h: 20 429
Mastodon domination: 65.12 %

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##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.11
Number of active instances: 19 248
Number of new instances last 24h: -10
Number of users: 15 782 404
Number of new users last 24h: 6 526
Mastodon domination: 65.10 %

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##Fediverse ##Statistics 2026.01.10
Number of active instances: 19 258
Number of new instances last 24h: 1
Number of users: 15 775 878
Number of new users last 24h: 6 412
Mastodon domination: 65.10 %

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Thanks to everyone who responds or replies to my polls. They're one of my favourite parts of being on the Fediverse.

I went to Seattle for SEAGL a couple of months ago. I took the Link light rail from SeaTac to the university district where my hotel was. The train was about half full. I spent most of the time on my phone catching up on Fediverse posts, texts and email.

In the Fediverse track at SFSCon, Tobias Diekershoff spoke about:

Fediverse: Beyond text in the stream: An expedition into the Fediverse to discover uncharted services

https://fediforum.org/2025-11-sfscon/

#fediforum #sfscon #fediverse #socialweb

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 63 is now live!

Special Guest: @elettrona
#allyeverywhere #accessibility #stophivstigma #uequalsu

After the show:
#peertube #vod - https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/tviEt7xALE7bfJu7JD1VEo
#castopod #fedicast - […]

Evan Prodromou (@evan) is coming to FediForum and wants to discuss:

Where is the activitypub api going?

Let's talk about innovation on the client! Join us, October 7 and 8, online. Registration is open! https://fediforum.org