So, I got site-wide banned from reddit a while ago due to using the word “purge” on a post and since then I have been using Lemmy more and more. However, one thing that I have noticed is that Lemmy is less active than reddit.

For example, the most comments I have seen a post get is 200, where in reddit I’m confident it would get much more.

  • Schwim Dandy@piefed.zipEnglish
    35·
    7 hours ago

    I wouldn’t label this a stupid question but it has to lean towards one with a very obvious answer.

    How could you not be aware that the fediverse as a whole and lemmy in particular are a niche network? With my filters set to new/all, I see on average 10-20 new posts per hour. It’s one step up from a single-player game.

    It would be like asking if it’s you or if linux is a less popular OS than Windows.

    • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
      8·
      6 hours ago

      To go more specific

      https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats

      Lemmy has about a million and a half registered users total. close to 35k active per month.

      Reddit can be estimated as over 400k active weekly users. In short a semi popular subreddit would be expected to have more total active users than lemmy as a whole

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      small pond :-(

      big fish :*)

      p.s.

      It’s one step up from a single-player game.

      I gotta remember to steal that!