ActivityPub
ActivityPub is a decentralized social networking protocol used by various fediverse services such as Mastodon, Pixelfed, and PeerTube.
According to our data, ActivityPub is detected on 0.02% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 46
- Market share: 0.02%
🏆 ActivityPub Awards
- ⬆️ 31st most popular in Portugal in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 36th most popular in France in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 39th most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 46th most popular in the United States in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using ActivityPub
We have data on 502 websites that use ActivityPub. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using ActivityPub is pixelfed.social.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #19,324 | English | ||
| 2 | #35,763 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 3 | #76,122 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 4 | #88,802 | South Africa | English | |
| 5 | #100,158 | English | ||
| 6 | #141,930 | Germany | Italian | |
| 7 | #148,953 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 8 | #157,268 | English | ||
| 9 | #175,379 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 10 | #187,607 | Isle of Man | English | |
| 11 | #199,247 | France | English | |
| 12 | #207,601 | Iceland | English | |
| 13 | #208,856 | Netherlands | English | |
| 14 | #237,390 | Finland | English | |
| 15 | #243,015 | Germany | English | |
| 16 | #244,713 | Korea | English | |
| 17 | #249,441 | English | ||
| 18 | #250,405 | Netherlands | English | |
| 19 | #254,696 | Australia | English | |
| 20 | #268,332 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use ActivityPub:
- are located in Germany
- have content in English
- use the .social domain extension
- fall into the Social Networking category.
Most of the sites using ActivityPub are from Germany, France, and the United States.
- Germany 23.7%
- France 21.3%
- United States 11.8%
- Portugal 5.3%
- United Kingdom 4.3%
- Japan 4.1%
- Netherlands 3.9%
- Finland 3.4%
- Canada 2.7%
- Other 19.5%
Most ActivityPub users speak English or German.
- English 88.6%
- German 3.6%
- Japanese 2.2%
- Chinese 1.6%
- French 0.6%
- Dutch 0.4%
- Russian 0.2%
- Korean 0.2%
- Persian 0.2%
- Other 2.4%
ActivityPub is especially popular on .social and .com top-level domains.
- .social 34.3%
- .com 5.4%
- .org 3.6%
- .net 3.4%
- .space 2.2%
- .de 1.6%
- .club 1.6%
- .cafe 1.6%
- .xyz 1.6%
- Other 44.7%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing ActivityPub include social networking, business, and content server.
- Social Networking 53.5%
- Business 18.3%
- Content Server 8.5%
- Internet Services 2.8%
- Entertainment 2.8%
- Games 1.4%
- Blogs/Wiki 1.4%
- Potentially Unwanted Programs 1.4%
- Software/Hardware 1.4%
- Other 8.5%
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CSS💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Which country uses ActivityPub the most?
The majority of ActivityPub users are from Germany.
Who uses ActivityPub?
According to our data, ActivityPub is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as pixelfed.social,
pawoo.net, and
mathstodon.xyz.
What are the alternatives to ActivityPub?
Alternatives and possible competitors to ActivityPub may include IPFS, Onion, and
Webmention.
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