🆚 Nostr vs. Pixelfed

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Pixelfed is slightly more popular than Nostr.
🌍 Pixelfed is more popular in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
🌎 Nostr is more popular in the United States and Japan.

Nostr

Pixelfed

Type

Social media platform

About

Nostr is an open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media.

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

Website

nostr.com #181,322

pixelfed.org #2,538,720

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Pixelfed social media platform is 1.4 times more popular than Nostr.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Pixelfed is more popular in Germany, France, and the Netherlands, while Nostr is more popular in the United States and Japan.

United States

Germany

France

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Spain

Italy

Belgium

Finland

Austria

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Pixelfed is more popular than Nostr in all market segments.

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Entertainment

Personal Pages

Technical/Business Forums

Marketing/Merchandising

Forum/Bulletin Boards

Politics/Opinion

Business

Online Shopping

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#142,971

#150,186

#207,146

#265,965

#368,617

Name

Rank

#63,668

#66,760

#104,946

#173,121

#179,493