I'm genuinely interested in people thoughts about the Fediverse because here in the UK it has massively stalled in 2025, like a lot of things. I am seeing way less posts from UK people and way less interaction and general use in fact. Most seem to have stopped social media use to be fair, and I know a lot of that is to do with my age (old fart here, 56 laps round sun and counting) but the numbers game look poor from my point of view. Do we think the Fediverse has a future now after useage appears to be going downwards? Is it a UK thing? (well I know the UK is weird but hey)

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

But usage is not going downwards. Check these stats out: https://fediverse.observer/stats

MAU has been steady at 1.1 million since this time last year.

Within the fediverse there are some platforms that are losing ground and some that are growing.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Up the top it has software filter, if you select lemmy:

At this rate by 2035 the lemmy userbase will be depleted

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Assuming a constant rate of change of anything involving people over a period of ten years is straight up nonsense.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I disagree it's fun, at this rate by 2035 we'll need to pay users to use lemmy

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

By 2035 we could be under water, or all living in a radioactive hellscape. And the argument of paying people to use a free service breaks logic.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

sorry mate that was a joke, not a literal statement

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