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.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 43
- Market share: 0.02%
🏆 ActivityPub Awards
- ⬆️ 32nd most popular in Portugal in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 36th most popular in France in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 37th most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 37th most popular in Japan in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 42nd most popular in the United States in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 42nd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 42nd most popular in Canada in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using ActivityPub
We have data on 705 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 | #23,182 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 3 | #35,763 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 4 | #52,892 | American English | ||
| 5 | #76,122 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 6 | #88,802 | South Africa | English | |
| 7 | #100,158 | English | ||
| 8 | #109,716 | Germany | American English | |
| 9 | #129,076 | United States | American English | |
| 10 | #141,930 | Germany | Italian | |
| 11 | #148,953 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 12 | #157,268 | English | ||
| 13 | #173,409 | English | ||
| 14 | #174,989 | American English | ||
| 15 | #175,379 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 16 | #187,607 | Isle of Man | English | |
| 17 | #199,247 | France | English | |
| 18 | #206,261 | Finland | English | |
| 19 | #207,601 | Iceland | English | |
| 20 | #208,856 | Netherlands | 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 23.4%
- France 16.6%
- United States 15.6%
- United Kingdom 4.8%
- Japan 4.3%
- Portugal 4.2%
- Canada 3.6%
- Netherlands 3.5%
- Finland 2.8%
- Other 21.2%
Most ActivityPub users speak English or German.
- English 83%
- German 5.7%
- Japanese 2.6%
- Spanish 1.4%
- Chinese 1.4%
- French 0.9%
- Dutch 0.7%
- Italian 0.6%
- Czech 0.4%
- Other 3.3%
ActivityPub is especially popular on .social, .com, and .org top-level domains.
- .social 25.8%
- .com 12.8%
- .org 5.8%
- .net 5.1%
- .de 4%
- .space 1.7%
- .nl 1.4%
- .club 1.1%
- .cafe 1.1%
- Other 41.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing ActivityPub include social networking, blogs and wiki, and business.
- Social Networking 36.9%
- Blogs/Wiki 16.5%
- Business 13.6%
- Content Server 7.8%
- Internet Services 1.9%
- Entertainment 1.9%
- Sports 1.9%
- Potentially Unwanted Programs 1.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 1%
- Other 16.6%
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HTML💬 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,
readytogo.net, and
pawoo.net.
What are the alternatives to ActivityPub?
Alternatives and possible competitors to ActivityPub may include IPFS, Onion, and
Webmention.
Lemmy🗃️ 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 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.