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.

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† ActivityPub Awards

⚑ 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.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 pixelfed.social #19,324 English
2 pawoo.net #35,763 Japan Japanese
3 mathstodon.xyz #76,122 United Kingdom English
4 apple2.org.za #88,802 South Africa English
5 mastodon.social #100,158 English
6 pixelfed.uno #141,930 Germany Italian
7 fedibird.com #148,953 Japan Japanese
8 qoto.org #157,268 English
9 mastodonapp.uk #175,379 United Kingdom English
10 c.im #187,607 Isle of Man English
11 mastodon.uno #199,247 France English
12 wandering.shop #207,601 Iceland English
13 mastodon.nl #208,856 Netherlands English
14 cyberplace.social #237,390 Finland English
15 pixey.org #243,015 Germany English
16 planet.moe #244,713 Korea English
17 kolektiva.social #249,441 English
18 vanbuitenen.nl #250,405 Netherlands English
19 aus.social #254,696 Australia English
20 newsie.social #268,332 English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use ActivityPub:

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%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best ActivityPub alternatives.

RankName
39
Webmention
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

A simple protocol to notify any URL when a website links to it, and for web pages to request notifications when somebody links to them.

45
Onion

Sites are websites on the dark web that use the .onion top-level domain and are only accessible through online routing through Tor.

49
OpenPGP

A non-proprietary protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography.

51
Micropub
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

An HTTP-based client-server protocol used to create, update, and delete posts on servers using third-party clients.

52
IPFS
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

A peer-to-peer protocol for storing and accessing files and websites in a decentralized file system.

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πŸ’¬ 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.

πŸ‘‰ See Also

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