Not really I think. Lemmy losing users in a slow manner may be true (probably is, if https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats is a representative site) but Reddit thriving, I’m not so sure. I’m only seeing that Reddit is in stagnation currently and I don’t mean this in a negative way, it just didn’t get new followers. If someone is more active on Reddit, please educate me about your experiences, because I’m only visiting just 1 subreddit basically for some minutes and that’s all.
It’s a typical pattern for growing sites: there are sporadic spikes in new users, followed by a leveling-off where about half the new users are retained. So the trend over the past month isn’t a long-term decline, it’s the tail end of the leveling-off phase.
[Edit: the above link doesn’t work unless you manually remove the “amp;” to yield “https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=150”.]
Not really I think. Lemmy losing users in a slow manner may be true (probably is, if https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats is a representative site) but Reddit thriving, I’m not so sure. I’m only seeing that Reddit is in stagnation currently and I don’t mean this in a negative way, it just didn’t get new followers. If someone is more active on Reddit, please educate me about your experiences, because I’m only visiting just 1 subreddit basically for some minutes and that’s all.
I think you see a clearer picture if you zoom out to before the spike in June: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=150 .
It’s a typical pattern for growing sites: there are sporadic spikes in new users, followed by a leveling-off where about half the new users are retained. So the trend over the past month isn’t a long-term decline, it’s the tail end of the leveling-off phase.
[Edit: the above link doesn’t work unless you manually remove the “
amp;” to yield “https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=150”.]That’s absolutely true, actually, I think/hope in the same way as you do too.
That site doesn’t seem to show Lemmy losing users.
Check onto “Average Lemmy Active Users by Day” and observe the monthly active users. It’s really subtle, but it’s a loss.