ActivityPub
ActivityPub is a decentralized social networking protocol used by various Fediverse services such as 
Mastodon, 
Pixelfed, and PeerTube.
According to our data, ActivityPub ranks 46th among the standards we track.
It is detected on 0.03% of all websites.
It is especially popular in Germany, appearing on 0.06% of all websites in the country.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 46
- Market share: 0.03%
🏆 ActivityPub Awards
- ⬆️ 40th most popular in France in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 41st most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 45th most popular in the United States in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using ActivityPub
We have data on 1,014 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 | #14,178 | American English | ||
| 2 | #35,532 | Sweden | American English | |
| 3 | #36,076 | English | ||
| 4 | #38,234 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 5 | #38,316 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 6 | #49,439 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 7 | #52,080 | Australia | American English | |
| 8 | #60,651 | American English | ||
| 9 | #64,111 | English | ||
| 10 | #64,667 | English | ||
| 11 | #70,081 | English | ||
| 12 | #88,413 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #93,383 | France | English | |
| 14 | #95,193 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 15 | #107,974 | English | ||
| 16 | #111,610 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 17 | #124,684 | English | ||
| 18 | #128,315 | American English | ||
| 19 | #131,836 | Canada | English | |
| 20 | #138,976 | Finland | 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, the United States, and France.
- Germany 20.6%
- United States 17%
- France 12.6%
- United Kingdom 5.6%
- Canada 4.7%
- Japan 4.5%
- Finland 3.5%
- Portugal 3.5%
- Netherlands 2.8%
- Other 25.2%
Most ActivityPub users speak English or German.
- English 83.4%
- German 5.6%
- Japanese 2.4%
- Spanish 1.7%
- French 1.3%
- Italian 1%
- Chinese 1%
- Portuguese 0.5%
- Czech 0.3%
- Other 2.8%
ActivityPub is especially popular on .social, .com, and .org top-level domains.
- .social 22.9%
- .com 15.3%
- .org 7.6%
- .net 5.8%
- .de 4.1%
- .space 1.4%
- .ca 1.1%
- .fr 1.1%
- .me 1.1%
- Other 39.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing ActivityPub include social networking, blogs and wiki, and business.
- Social Networking 27.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 22.8%
- Business 12.1%
- Content Server 6%
- Personal Pages 3.4%
- Internet Services 2.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 2.7%
- Entertainment 2.7%
- Sports 2%
- Other 18.1%
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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 over a thousand sites, including such established ones as pixelfed.social,
streetartutopia.com, and
readytogo.net.
What are the alternatives to ActivityPub?
Alternatives and possible competitors to ActivityPub may include IPFS, 
Onion, and 
Webmention.
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- 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 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.