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.
We’re really building something here!
Hopefully this blows up and Reddit IPO gets cancelled
Well, I mean let’s be realistic. This is never going to kill reddit (though it might lower the content quality quite a bit). Don’t underestimate how many people just don’t care, who just want to scroll and read in their favorite subs. The people already using the official app. Those people aren’t going anywhere.
But I’m sort of very okay with that, to be honest. We don’t need ALL reddit users to come here. I’ve noticed I like the quiet here. Comments won’t get snowed over within 3 minute, people seem to be more polite and decent, commenting on posts older than a day is still ‘viable.’ These are all positives in my book.
There’s a ton of people who don’t care. Like Mastodon exists, but Twitter is still chugging. Reddit’s communities are a bit more organized, but time will tell if it translates into transition. Niche subreddits seem to be continuing
I agree with you. However, I think most people like myself coming from reddit won’t stay here if there is a lack of content. So there need to be more users for this reason IMO