Reddit's Traffic is Down 3.36% Month-Over-Month, According to SimilarWeb

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SimilarWeb has just released traffic estimates for June. According to these estimates, Reddit's traffic has seen a 3.36% month-over-month decrease.

For comparison, here's how traffic has changed for other popular social networking websites:

  • Discord.com: +0.51%
  • Twitter.com: -1.65%
  • Instagram.com: -1.35%
  • Facebook.com: -3.18%
  • TikTok.com: +0.77%
  • Pinterest.com: -2.27%
  • Youtube.com: -2.02%

Source: https://www.similarweb.com/website/reddit.com/#overview

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I used Apollo right up until it shut down, and I haven’t touched Reddit since. I’m guessing I’m not the only one.

Wefwef all the way now

It’s absurd just how good wefwef is as a web app. Such a natural transition from Apollo.

Since I’m here, RIP Apollo and thanks for all the hard work Christian!

I was also an enthusiastic Apollo user.

Other than Lenny, do you replace Reddit with anything else? This thread we’re in now is an exception - there are a lot of posts here. But most threads on Lemmy are pretty empty.

Thats why its up to all of us to start participating.

Protip: If you really want to start a conversation/get engagement, follow Cunningham's Law:

the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.

So, fill those empty posts with confidently incorrect statements and watch that comment section fill up as people rush in to correct you.

Actually, Cunningham’s Law says nothing of the sort. If you look at the source material as I have done - and in the original Phoenician, because so much is lost in translation otherwise - you’ll quickly note that Cunningham is really attempting to convey the hopeless sense of man’s search for purpose in a cruel, unforgiving world. While some scholars debate the literal truth to this sentiment as expressed by the author, it is generally thought plausible if not outright likely that these writings followed a catastrophic life event of some sort - the loss of a child or death of a spouse, witnessing the end of a great civilization, a dick pic delivered to the wrong person. While the specifics aren’t known, what we do know about the author is that he would likely be further distraught at the loss of control and ownership experienced with a misattributed “law” on the internet should such a thing even be imaginable.

Most people didn’t create content and don’t interact with it (ie most people are lurkers). Take it upon yourself to comment and interact with posts and others will almost always join in and have something to say.

I used sync up until the 13th or so, then started limiting my reddit usage, and increased my lemmy usage until July 1st. Now I'm solely on lemmy on mobile, and only see reddit on desktop when I come across a search I need.

Same with me. I haven’t deleted my Reddit account yet, but will be doing that soon, after I delete or overwrite my comments of 10 years there.

Between Lemmy, Kbin and Mastodon, I have plenty to keep me occupied in what used to be my Reddit-scrolling time.

Same. I still have the app as a reminder but this is my home now.

Weekend I’m going to see about spinning up my own instance.

I really missed Reddit at first and it took a while to get TestFlight on Memmy and figure this out but it’s looking good so far.

Yep. Just check the site to see if my data request has been processed. Replied to a message in which someone was asking about Lemmy. But that's it.

migrated to wefwef, would prefer a native app, but nevertheless i’m not even looking back. 13 year club.