🆚 Lemmy vs. Mastodon

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Social media platform
Social media platform

About

Lemmy is a decentralized social link aggregator platform running on independent servers and powered by the open-source Lemmy software.

It utilizes the ActivityPub protocol for federation across the Fediverse, organizes content into distinct communities, supports upvoting and downvoting, and allows users on different servers to communicate.

A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open source software.

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free ✔️

Categories

Social Media › Rank #79
Social Media › Rank #25

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Mastodon social media platform is 93 times more popular than Lemmy.
Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Mastodon is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Lemmy is more popular in Mali.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Spain
Canada
Italy
Switzerland
Vietnam

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Mastodon is more popular than Lemmy in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Software/Hardware
Business
Internet Services
Technical/Business Forums
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Games
Technical Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#84,243
#86,695
#152,742
#173,409
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Name
Rank
uptodown.com
#285
#375
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See also

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