🆚 Mastodon vs. Pixelfed

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Mastodon is much more popular than Pixelfed.
🌍 Mastodon is more popular in all countries.
⭐ Pixelfed is particularly popular in Germany.

Mastodon

Pixelfed

Type

Social media platform

About

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

Pixelfed is a decentralized open-source social network service for photo sharing.

Headquarters

Berlin, Germany

Website

joinmastodon.org #268,863

pixelfed.org #2,538,720

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Mastodon social media platform is 67 times more popular than Pixelfed.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Mastodon is more popular than Pixelfed in all countries.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Spain

Canada

Italy

Switzerland

Vietnam

Awards

🔥 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.

Mastodon is more popular than Pixelfed in all market segments.

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Business

Internet Services

Technical/Business Forums

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Marketing/Merchandising

Technical Information

Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

wikipedia.org

#11

sourceforge.net

#97

lemonde.fr

#244

uptodown.com

#285

itch.io

#375

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Name

Rank

#63,668

#66,760

#104,946

#173,121

#179,493