Hey, honestly I’m unsure. Though my gut instinct would be that it does include those instances, hadn’t considered it.
Comment on Fediverse now well past 12 Million total daily users
jeffw@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just to clarify, this wouldn’t account for people making multiple accounts, right? I know people who have a mastodon, kbin, and Lemmy account.
Navarian@lemm.ee 10 months ago
OpenStars@kbin.social 10 months ago
The number of users dropping in June when many bot accounts were removed, and then rising again at the same time that >1500 new servers were added, while MAU does not rise at the same rate, seems to suggest that many are in fact likely bots?
However, the MAU is rising, so that indeed is a sign of health even if the precise amount of traffic by humans is unknown.
And bot accounts serve useful purposes too, sometimes posting more worthwhile content than many humans.:-)
Fizz@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
The user numbers on every site includes multiple accounts.
GonzoVeritas@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It most likely triple counts users like me. I have a Mastodon, kbin, and Lemmy account, (all under the same username), but those would be counted as 3 Fediverse accounts. I think the metrics to look at are posts and comments.