There are several independent websites that collect data about the fediverse and social web. These counts do not reflect the whole network due to the opt-in nature of the statistics. The statistics include fediverse servers and fediverse-enabled websites.
Fediverse Statistics
Communities List
As of October 29, 2024, the Fediverse Observer estimated approximately 14,671,076 users worldwide, 2,191,493 active users, and 1,527,296,524 posts. Their statistics are based on 21,392 fediverse servers reporting to them.
As of October 29, 2024, the FediDB estimated approximately 11,608,656 users worldwide, and 1,049,504 active users. Their statistics are based on 29,968 fediverse servers reporting to them.
As of January 17, 2024, The Federation reported an estimated 17,116,495 million fediverse users worldwide, 7,357,352 active users, and approximately 1,370,854,770 posts. This is based on the 26,009 nodes reporting to them. (In recent months, the number of servers being reported to The Federation has dropped to only 379.)
Users worldwide reflects the total number of accounts or channels that you can follow or subscribe to. Active users are creating posts, commenting on other people's posts, following social media accounts, and/or are logging into their accounts within the last 6 months.
Connected nodes refers to fediverse servers such as Hubzilla, Streams, Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, as well as fediverse-enabled blogs and websites, such as WordPress websites that have ActivityPub enabled.