From 2,997 active users across all lemmy instances at the beginning of June, the number increased to 52,797 by June 30th. Source.
An active user on Lemmy is "someone who has posted or commented on our instance or community within the last given time frame.” Source. That means lurkers are not counted as active users.
We’re really building something here!
The barrier to entry is super high but hopefully websites and apps are developed to make it easier for people to join. (Sync for Lemmy)
Let’s also do out part and post/comment to add content to this website to make it appealing for new users.
Is it really super high? It might not be very intuitive, but there’s nothing truly complicated. Maybe I’m out of touch.