I’m not sure exactly how the Fediverse Observer calculates the day-to-day totals, but my speculation for the dips in the graph is:
Some of Lemmy’s servers/instances going offline could cause the total to go down;
Post deletion could also contribute to the total going down.
These dips in the graph confused people in my previous post, as the dips were suggesting that the graph represents ‘new posts by day.’ I edited the title in the screenshot this time to clarify it is total by day.
Well, this is a screenshot that I’ve edited slightly. I’m unsure whether I can claim copyright on this image. However, if the Fediverse Observer doesn’t object, I would be glad to release it into the public domain (CC0).
I don’t think that SimilarWeb includes app traffic in their estimates; they seem to focus on web traffic only. App traffic would be interesting to track, though.
It Took 23 Days for Lemmy Posts to Double from 1 Million to 2 Million (lemmy.world)
Source: lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=90
Lemmy Just Reached 1 Million Posts (lemmy.world)
Lemmy just reached a new milestone: 1 million posts, across 1,323 servers....
Lemmy Surpasses 1 Million Daily Posts for the First Time (lemmy.world)
Lemmy reached a new milestone yesterday: 1 million posts in a single day (across 1,323 servers)....
Reddit's Traffic is Down 3.36% Month-Over-Month, According to SimilarWeb (lemmy.world)
SimilarWeb has just released traffic estimates for June. According to these estimates, Reddit’s traffic has seen a 3.36% month-over-month decrease....