Its growth was largely due to the backlash and criticism caused by Twitter’s acquisition by Elon Musk.
According to Mastodon’s website data, the number of active users has dropped by more than 30% since its peak. The decline is continuing steadily.
Mastodon is an open source social network. It is hosted on separate servers and is being considered as an alternative for Twitter.
Only 1.8 million users were active in the first week of January, a substantial drop from the 2.5 million who used it in December.
Its growth was largely due to the backlash and criticism caused by Twitter’s acquisition by Elon Musk.
Mastodon was home to 500,000 active users as of October 31, before Musk became the Twitter CEO. This number had risen to almost 2 million users by mid-November.
Many users feel that Mastodon has not fulfilled their needs in the same way as Twitter. Experts say that it is too complex to replace Twitter.
November saw an increase in growth, with 130,000 users added each day. This aggressive growth trend was evident in the moments Elon Musk took controversial decisions like the layoffs, modification of verification policies or closing journalists’ accounts.
Google data suggests that searches for Mastodon spiked in April 2022, when Musk declared he was Twitter’s largest shareholder.