Mastodon
Mastodon gGmbH, Berlin, GermanyMastodon is a decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open-source software.
It provides chronological feeds, community-based moderation, polls, media sharing, quote posts, and interoperability with other Fediverse platforms such as 
PeerTube, 
Lemmy, 
Pixelfed, and 
Threads through 
ActivityPub federation.
According to our data, Mastodon ranks 23th among the social media platforms we track.
It has 0.4% of the social media market share and is detected on 0.2% of all websites.
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💸 Pricing
Mastodon is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Media
- Rank: 23
- Market share: 0.4%
🏆 Mastodon Awards
- 🔥 11st most popular in Sweden in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Belgium in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in Germany in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in France in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in the Netherlands in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in Switzerland in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Spain in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in Austria in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Finland in the Social Media category.
⚡ Sites Using Mastodon
We have data on 8,326 websites that use the Mastodon social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Mastodon is 
wikipedia.org.
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Mastodon:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.
Most of the sites using Mastodon are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 22.5%
- Germany 18.9%
- United Kingdom 9.2%
- France 7.8%
- Netherlands 5.1%
- Spain 4%
- Canada 2.9%
- Italy 2.8%
- Switzerland 2.6%
- Other 24.2%
Most Mastodon users speak English, German, or French.
- English 69.3%
- German 10.2%
- French 5.2%
- Spanish 3.2%
- Dutch 2%
- Italian 1.7%
- Vietnamese 1.5%
- Japanese 1%
- Portuguese 0.8%
- Other 5.1%
The Mastodon social media platform is especially popular on .com, .org, and .de top-level domains.
- .com 37.5%
- .org 14.1%
- .de 8%
- .net 7%
- .nl 2.1%
- .io 2.1%
- .fr 1.8%
- .co.uk 1.5%
- .eu 1.3%
- Other 24.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Mastodon include blogs and wiki, software and hardware, and business.
- Blogs/Wiki 16.6%
- Software/Hardware 11.1%
- Business 9.9%
- Internet Services 8%
- Technical/Business Forums 6.1%
- Education/Reference 5.8%
- Entertainment 4.3%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3.8%
- Marketing/Merchandising 3.6%
- Other 30.8%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Mastodon?
Mastodon is owned by Mastodon gGmbH, headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Is Mastodon free?
Yes, it is a free social media platform.
Which country uses Mastodon the most?
The majority of Mastodon users are from the United States.
Who uses Mastodon?
According to our data, Mastodon is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as wikipedia.org, 
sourceforge.net, and lemonde.fr.
Do academic institutions use Mastodon?
Yes. Overall, we know of 3 academic websites in the United States that use Mastodon.
How does Mastodon stack up against its competitors?
Mastodon is a moderately popular social media platform, ranking ahead of 65 other social media platforms we track.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.