So, I got site-wide banned from reddit a while ago due to using the word "purge" on a post and since then I have been using Lemmy more and more. However, one thing that I have noticed is that Lemmy is less active than reddit.

For example, the most comments I have seen a post get is 200, where in reddit I'm confident it would get much more.

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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

To go more specific

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats

Lemmy has about a million and a half registered users total. close to 35k active per month.

Reddit can be estimated as over 400k active weekly users. In short a semi popular subreddit would be expected to have more total active users than lemmy as a whole

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Almost 1 in 11-12 is way more than i thought for fediverse - feels smaller.

    Maybe reddit is smaller than i remember, or has more occasional users.

    Do you know if those stats remove bots?

    Either way it's back yard fishpond vs great lakes and that's the answer.

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