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 0.03% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 ActivityPub Awards

⚡ Sites Using ActivityPub

We have data on 912 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 readytogo.net #23,182 United Kingdom British English
3 compgen.de #23,248 Germany German
4 streetartutopia.com #26,757 Sweden American English
5 pawoo.net #35,763 Japan Japanese
6 liliputing.com #51,890 American English
7 angrymetalguy.com #52,892 American English
8 politicalwire.com #58,390 United States American English
9 mathstodon.xyz #76,122 United Kingdom English
10 itjust.works #84,243 English
11 beej.us #86,695 United States English
12 apple2.org.za #88,802 South Africa English
13 mastodon.social #100,158 English
14 toplap.org #101,144 France British English
15 dbzer0.com #109,716 Germany American English
16 probrewer.com #129,076 United States American English
17 pixelfed.uno #141,930 Germany Italian
18 fedibird.com #148,953 Japan Japanese
19 librewolf.net #152,742 Germany English
20 qoto.org #157,268 English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use ActivityPub:

Most of the sites using ActivityPub are from Germany, the United States, and France.

  • Germany 22.1%
  • United States 17.4%
  • France 13.7%
  • United Kingdom 6%
  • Canada 4.1%
  • Japan 3.9%
  • Netherlands 3.4%
  • Portugal 3.3%
  • Finland 2.4%
  • Other 23.7%

Most ActivityPub users speak English or German.

  • English 80.6%
  • German 7.2%
  • Japanese 2.4%
  • Spanish 1.5%
  • Italian 1.1%
  • Chinese 1.1%
  • French 1%
  • Dutch 0.7%
  • Portuguese 0.5%
  • Other 3.9%

ActivityPub is especially popular on .social, .com, and .org top-level domains.

  • .social 20.2%
  • .com 17%
  • .org 7.2%
  • .net 6.1%
  • .de 5%
  • .nl 1.3%
  • .space 1.3%
  • .me 1.2%
  • .cafe 1.1%
  • Other 39.6%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing ActivityPub include social networking, blogs and wiki, and business.

  • Social Networking 26.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 22.3%
  • Business 10.1%
  • Content Server 6.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 3.4%
  • Personal Pages 3.4%
  • Internet Services 2.7%
  • Entertainment 2.7%
  • Forum/Bulletin Boards 2%
  • Other 20.9%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best ActivityPub alternatives.

RankName
40
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.
46
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.
53
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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💬 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 compgen.de.

What are the alternatives to ActivityPub?

Alternatives and possible competitors to ActivityPub may include IPFS, Onion, and Webmention.

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