🆚 LinkedIn vs. Mastodon

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 LinkedIn is much more popular than Mastodon.
🌍 LinkedIn is more popular in all countries.

Type

Social media platform

Social media platform

About

LinkedIn is a business and employment-focused social media platform that enables professionals to network, search for jobs, share content, and engage with companies.

It offers professional profiles, company pages, job postings, and B2B marketing and recruiting tools for businesses. Premium members also gain access to LinkedIn Learning, an online education platform offering professional courses and skill development resources.

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

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Berlin, Germany

Website

linkedin.com #9

joinmastodon.org #268,863

Pricing

Free version ✔️

Premium Career$29.99/month

Premium Business$59.99/month

Recruiter Lite$170/month

Recruiter$835/month

Free ✔️

Categories

Social Media › Rank #4

Social Media › Rank #25

Job Boards › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The LinkedIn social media platform is 81 times more popular than Mastodon.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

LinkedIn is more popular than Mastodon in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Netherlands

India

Spain

Italy

Australia

Canada

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Job Boards category.

🔥 11st most popular in Sweden in the Social Media category.
🔥 11st most popular in Belgium in the Social Media category.
🔥 11st most popular in Ireland in the Social Media category.
🔥 12nd most popular in Germany in the Social Media category.
🔥 13rd most popular in France in the Social Media category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

LinkedIn is more popular than Mastodon in all market segments.

Business

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Health

Software/Hardware

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Blogs/Wiki

Finance/Banking

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#7

#8

#9

#13

#16

Name

Rank

#11

sourceforge.net

#97

#244

uptodown.com

#285

#375

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Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
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