Lemmy instances by number of communities with over 1 thousand (5 thousands, 10 thousands) of monthly users:
| Instance name | Communities over 1K MAU | 5K MAU | 10K MAU | 20K MAU | Largest communities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmy.world | 122 | 30 | 12 | 1 | Technology, Lemmy Shitpost, News, Politics, World News, Memes, Comic Strips, Microblog Memes, Ask Lemmy, Political Memes, Linux Memes, No Stupid Questions |
| Lemmy.ml | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Memes, World News, Ask Lemmy, Linux |
| sh.itjust.works | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | White People Twitter, Games, Greentext, Funny, NonCredibleDefense |
| Hexbear | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chapo Trap House, The Dunk Tank, generic named communities |
| Lemmy NSFW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
| Sopuli | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Memes, Ukraine, Steam Deck, Meow_IRL, AnarchyChess, Aneurysm Posting, NYT gift articles, Map Enthusiasts |
| Lemm.ee | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Movies and TV, Cyanide and Happiness, Artporn, YUROP, Movies, BrainWorms, Conservative |
| Beehaw | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Technology, Gaming, FOSS, Politics, World News, Humor |
| Lemmy.ca | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | PC Gaming, Canada, Nostalgia, Cool Guides, Offbeat, Men’s Liberation |
| Midwest.social | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | The Onion, Lord of the memes, Memes, The Right Can’t Meme, Religious Cringe |
| SLRPNK | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Climate, Memes, Solarpunk, Antiwork, tombstone of „TwoXChromosomes” |
| /0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Piracy, ADHD memes, Lefty Memes, Stable Diffusion Art |
| Feddit.de | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Europe, ich_iel, DACH, Deutschland |
| Mander | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Science Memes, Science, Astronomy |
| Programming.dev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Programmer Humor, Programming, Comics |
| Lemmy.zip | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Global News, Technology, Gaming |
| Feddit.uk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UK, UK politics, Casual UK |
| Lemmygrad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | GenZedong, World News, Comradeship |
| Blåhaj Lemmy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 196 |
| Star Trek Website | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RISA, Star Trek |
| ani.social | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anime, Animemes |
| Lemmon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tails |
| TTRPG Network | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | RPGMemes |
| Lemdroid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Android |
| Reddthat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Memes |
| KDE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | KDE |
| Futurology.today | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Futurology |
| Aussie Zone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Australia |
| Lemmy.one | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Privacy Guides |
| Lemmy Fan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Weird News |
| Diagon Lemmy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The Leaky Cauldron |
| tchncs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Right to Repair |
| Smeargle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | mirror of Hacker News |
- Lemmy.world has got a plurality of 1K/mo Lemmy communities. (122 vs 140) Lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml together make a majority of 1K/mo Lemmy communities (152)
- Lemmy.world has got a majority of 5K/mo Lemmy communities (30 vs 22)
- Lemmy.world has got a majority of 10K/mo Lemmy communities (12 vs 7)
- Lemmy.world has got only 20K/Mo Lemmy community
- Only 1K/mo national “sublemmies” are Canadian, Australian, British and German. Only non-English 1K/mo “sublemmies” are German.
I’m not thrilled about the concentration on lemmy.world, and it’s no coincidence that most of my posts are to my home instance and a growing community on lemmy.zip.
I’ll admit to trying to have it both ways, though. I still post on [email protected] because it could be a draw for new users, and I’d rather have a robust population on a concentrated Lemmy than zero growth (and I’m not the type to discuss world news/politics in this setting).