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4.2 Rise of user population </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rise_of_user_population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2022_Twitter-related_spikes_in_adoption" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2022_Twitter-related_spikes_in_adoption"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 2022 Twitter-related spikes in adoption </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022_Twitter-related_spikes_in_adoption-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Twitter's_reaction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twitter's_reaction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3.1 Twitter's reaction </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twitter's_reaction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-2022_spike" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-2022_spike"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Post-2022 spike </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-2022_spike-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Forks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Forks </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Forks-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Forks subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Forks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notable_instances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_instances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Notable instances </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_instances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Maintenance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Maintenance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Maintenance </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Maintenance-sublist" 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Available in 53 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-53" aria-hidden="true" > 53 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9)" title="ماستدون (شبكة اجتماعية) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ماستدون (شبكة اجتماعية)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)" title="Mastodon (software) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Mastodon (software)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)" title="Mastodon (software) – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mastodon (software)" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(veb-sayt)" title="Mastodon (veb-sayt) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mastodon (veb-sayt)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%A8_(%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95)" title="মাস্টোডন (সামাজিক নেটওয়ার্ক) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মাস্টোডন (সামাজিক নেটওয়ার্ক)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(n%C5%84g-th%C3%A9)" title="Mastodon (nńg-thé) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Mastodon (nńg-thé)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Mastodon" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0)" title="Мастодон (социална мрежа) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мастодон (социална мрежа)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(xarxa_social)" title="Mastodon (xarxa social) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mastodon (xarxa social)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)" title="Mastodon (software) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mastodon (software)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(meddalwedd)" title="Mastodon (meddalwedd) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Mastodon (meddalwedd)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)" title="Mastodon (software) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mastodon (software)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(Soziales_Netzwerk)" title="Mastodon (Soziales Netzwerk) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mastodon (Soziales Netzwerk)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(suhtlusv%C3%B5rgustik)" title="Mastodon (suhtlusvõrgustik) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mastodon (suhtlusvõrgustik)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(red_social)" title="Mastodon (red social) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mastodon (red social)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Mastodon" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(sare_soziala)" title="Mastodon (sare soziala) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mastodon (sare soziala)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1)" title="ماستودون (نرم‌افزار) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ماستودون (نرم‌افزار)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(r%C3%A9seau_social)" title="Mastodon (réseau social) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mastodon (réseau social)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(bogearra%C3%AD)" title="Mastodon (bogearraí) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Mastodon (bogearraí)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(Software)" title="Mastodon (Software) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mastodon (Software)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4%ED%86%A0%EB%8F%88_(%EC%86%8C%ED%94%84%ED%8A%B8%EC%9B%A8%EC%96%B4)" title="마스토돈 (소프트웨어) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마스토돈 (소프트웨어)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Մաստոդոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մաստոդոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_(%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95)" title="मास्टोडॉन (सोशल नेटवर्क) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मास्टोडॉन (सोशल नेटवर्क)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Mastodon" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(perangkat_lunak)" title="Mastodon (perangkat lunak) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mastodon (perangkat lunak)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)" title="Mastodon (software) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mastodon (software)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA)" title="מסטודון (רשת חברתית) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מסטודון (רשת חברתית)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(programu)" title="Mastodon (programu) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mastodon (programu)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(programmat%C5%ABra)" title="Mastodon (programmatūra) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mastodon (programmatūra)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)" title="Mastodon (software) – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Mastodon (software)" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lombard</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Mastodon</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><a href="/wiki/File:Mastodon_logotype_(simple)_new_hue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mastodon_logotype_%28simple%29_new_hue.svg/220px-Mastodon_logotype_%28simple%29_new_hue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mastodon_logotype_%28simple%29_new_hue.svg/330px-Mastodon_logotype_%28simple%29_new_hue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Mastodon_logotype_%28simple%29_new_hue.svg/440px-Mastodon_logotype_%28simple%29_new_hue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="65" data-file-height="65" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eugen_Rochko" title="Eugen Rochko">Eugen Rochko</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mastodon gGmbH<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">16 March 2016; 9 years ago (2016-03-16)<a href="#cite_note-Launch_date-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">4.3.6<a href="#cite_note-wikidata-89d98769afb96164004f4112986f090d790c345e-v18-4">[4]</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27986619?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a> / 13 March 2025; 19 days ago (13 March 2025)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle">Preview release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">4.3.0-rc1 / 30 September 2024; 6 months ago (2024-09-30)</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon">github.com/mastodon/mastodon</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27986619#P1324" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails" title="Ruby on Rails">Ruby on Rails</a>, <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a> (<a href="/wiki/React.js" class="mw-redirect" title="React.js">React.js</a>, <a href="/wiki/Redux_(JavaScript_library)" title="Redux (JavaScript library)">Redux</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cross-platform_software" title="Cross-platform software">Cross-platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution" title="Berkeley Software Distribution">BSD</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">93 languages<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">Microblogging</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License" title="GNU Affero General Public License">AGPLv3+</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://joinmastodon.org/">joinmastodon.org</a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27986619#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A cartoon Mastodon mascot" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/220px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/330px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg/440px-Mastodon_mascot_vector_version.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="522" /></a><figcaption>The mascot of the Mastodon social network</figcaption></figure> Mastodon is a <a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">free and open-source software</a> platform for <a href="/wiki/Decentralized_social_networking" class="mw-redirect" title="Decentralized social networking">decentralized social networking</a> with <a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">microblogging</a> features similar to <a href="/wiki/X_(social_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="X (social network)">Twitter</a>. It operates as a <a href="/wiki/Federation_(information_technology)" title="Federation (information technology)">federated network</a> of independently managed servers that communicate using the <a href="/wiki/ActivityPub" title="ActivityPub">ActivityPub</a> protocol, allowing users to interact across different instances within the <a href="/wiki/Fediverse" title="Fediverse">Fediverse</a>. Each Mastodon instance establishes its own moderation policies and content guidelines, distinguishing it from centrally controlled social media platforms. First released in 2016 by <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Rochko" title="Eugen Rochko">Eugen Rochko</a>, Mastodon has positioned itself as an alternative to mainstream social media, particularly for users seeking decentralized, community-driven spaces. The platform has experienced multiple surges in adoption, most notably following the <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" title="Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk">Twitter acquisition by Elon Musk</a> in 2022, as users sought alternatives to Twitter.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> It is part of a broader shift toward decentralized social networks, including <a href="/wiki/Bluesky_(social_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluesky (social network)">Bluesky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lemmy_(social_network)" title="Lemmy (social network)">Lemmy</a>. Mastodon emphasizes user privacy and moderation flexibility, offering features such as granular post visibility controls, <a href="/wiki/Content_warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Content warning">content warning</a> options, and local community-driven moderation. The software is written in <a href="/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails" title="Ruby on Rails">Ruby on Rails</a> and <a href="/wiki/Node.js" title="Node.js">Node.js</a>, with a web interface built using <a href="/wiki/React_(software)" title="React (software)">React</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redux_(JavaScript_library)" title="Redux (JavaScript library)">Redux</a>. It is interoperable with other ActivityPub-based platforms, such as <a href="/wiki/Threads_(social_network)" title="Threads (social network)">Threads</a>, and supports various third-party applications on desktop and mobile devices. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functionality">Functionality</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Functionality">edit</a>]</div> Users post short-form status messages, historically known as "toots",<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> for others to see. On a standard Mastodon instance, these messages can include up to 500 text-based characters, greater than Twitter's 280-character limit. Some instances support even longer messages.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-11">[11]</a> Users join a specific Mastodon server,<a href="#cite_note-The_Verge:_beginner-12">[12]</a> rather than a single centralized website or application. The servers are connected as nodes in a network, and each server can administer its own rules, account privileges, and whether to share messages to and from other servers. Since version 2.9.0, Mastodon has offered a single-column mode for new users by default.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> In advanced mode, Mastodon approximates the microblogging interface of <a href="/wiki/TweetDeck" title="TweetDeck">TweetDeck</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Privacy">Privacy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Privacy">edit</a>]</div> Mastodon includes a number of specific privacy features. Each message has a variety of privacy options available, and users can choose whether the message is public or private. Public messages display on a global feed, known as a timeline, and private messages are only shared on the timelines of the user's followers. Messages can also be marked as unlisted from timelines or direct between users. Users can also mark their accounts as completely private. In the timeline, messages can display with an optional <a href="/wiki/Content_warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Content warning">content warning</a> feature, which requires readers to click on the hidden main body of the message to reveal it. Mastodon servers have used this feature to hide <a href="/wiki/Spoiler_(media)" title="Spoiler (media)">spoilers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trigger_warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Trigger warning">trigger warnings</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Not_safe_for_work" title="Not safe for work">not safe for work</a> (NSFW) content, though some accounts use the feature to hide links and thoughts others might not want to read.<a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Verge:_beginner-12">[12]</a> Mastodon aggregates messages in local and federated timelines in real time. The local timeline shows messages from users on a singular server, while the federated timeline shows messages across all participating Mastodon servers. Users can communicate across connected Mastodon servers with usernames similar in format to full email addresses.<a href="#cite_note-:2-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-The_Verge:_beginner-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Content_moderation">Content moderation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Content moderation">edit</a>]</div> In early 2017, journalists like <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jeong" title="Sarah Jeong">Sarah Jeong</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-15">[15]</a> distinguished Mastodon from Twitter for its approach to combating harassment.<a href="#cite_note-The_Verge:_beginner-12">[12]</a> Mastodon uses community-based moderation, in which each server can limit or filter out undesirable types of content, while Twitter uses a single, global policy on <a href="/wiki/Content_moderation" title="Content moderation">content moderation</a>. Servers can choose to limit or filter out messages with disparaging content. The main author of the Mastodon software, <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Rochko" title="Eugen Rochko">Eugen Rochko</a>, believes that small, closely related communities deal with unwanted behavior more effectively than a large company's small safety team.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Users can also block and report others to administrators, much like on Twitter.<a href="#cite_note-The_Verge:_beginner-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-Chan_and_Wilfred_2023-17">[17]</a> Instance administrators can block other instances from interacting with their own, an action called defederation. By posting toots <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtagged</a> with #fediblock, some instance administrators and users alert others of issues requiring moderation.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparison_to_X">Comparison to X</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Comparison to X">edit</a>]</div> Unlike <a href="/wiki/Twitter_under_Elon_Musk" title="Twitter under Elon Musk">X</a> (previously known as <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>), Mastodon by default only allows for hashtags and mentioned accounts in the Fediverse to be searched, but allows server administrators to enable functionality via Elasticsearch to search for the full text of public posts that have opted-in to being indexed.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-osint-20">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Versions">edit</a>]</div> In September 2018, with the release of version 2.5 with redesigned public profile pages, Mastodon marked its 100th release.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Mastodon 2.6 was released in October 2018, introducing the possibilities of verified profiles and live, in-stream link previews for images and videos.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Version 2.7, in January 2019, made it possible to search for multiple hashtags at once, instead of searching for just a single hashtag, with more robust moderation capabilities for server administrators and moderators, while accessibility, such as contrast for users with sight issues, was improved.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The ability for users to create and vote in polls, as well as a new invitation system to manage registrations was integrated in April 2019.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Mastodon 2.8.1, released in May 2019, made images with content warnings blurred instead of completely hidden.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In version 2.9 in June 2019, an optional single-column view was added.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> This view became the default displayed to new users, with a user "preferences" option to switch to a multiple-column-based view.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In August 2020, Mastodon 3.2 was released. It included a redesigned audio player with custom thumbnails and the ability to add personal notes to one's profile.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In July 2021, an official client for <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> devices was released. According to the project's CEO, <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Rochko" title="Eugen Rochko">Eugen Rochko</a>, the release was part of an effort to attract new users.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Mastodon 4.0 was released in November 2022, including language support for translating posts, editing posts and following hashtags.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Similar to <a href="/wiki/Misskey" title="Misskey">Misskey</a>, Mastodon is planning to add quote posts feature, previously rejected from being implemented due to issues with toxicity and harassment,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> via funding from <a href="/wiki/NLnet" title="NLnet">NLnet</a> with the goal of implementing a standard that avoids these issues.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Software">Software</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Software">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg/220px-2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg/330px-2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg/440px-2024-02-03_FOSDEM_028.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Eugen_Rochko" title="Eugen Rochko">Eugen Rochko</a> with a Mastodon developer at the Mastodon booth at <a href="/wiki/FOSDEM" title="FOSDEM">FOSDEM</a> 2024</figcaption></figure> Mastodon is published as free and open-source software under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License" title="GNU Affero General Public License">Affero GPL</a> license, allowing anyone to use the software or modify it as they wish. Servers can be run by any individual or organization, and users can join these servers as they wish.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> The server software itself is powered by <a href="/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails" title="Ruby on Rails">Ruby on Rails</a> and <a href="/wiki/Node.js" title="Node.js">Node.js</a>, with its web client being written in <a href="/wiki/React.js" class="mw-redirect" title="React.js">React.js</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redux_(JavaScript_library)" title="Redux (JavaScript library)">Redux</a>.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The only <a href="/wiki/Database" title="Database">database</a> software supported is <a href="/wiki/PostgreSQL" title="PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Redis" title="Redis">Redis</a> being used for job processing and various actions that Mastodon needs to process.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> The service is interoperable with the <a href="/wiki/Fediverse" title="Fediverse">fediverse</a>, a collection of <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social networking services</a> which use the <a href="/wiki/ActivityPub" title="ActivityPub">ActivityPub</a> protocol for communication between each other,<a href="#cite_note-activitypub-35">[35]</a> with previous versions containing support for <a href="/wiki/OStatus" title="OStatus">OStatus</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Client apps for interacting with the Mastodon <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">API</a> are available for desktop computer operating systems, including <a href="/wiki/Windows_(operating_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows (operating system)">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> family of operating systems, as well as <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a> running <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-11">[11]</a> The API is open for anyone to utilize, allowing clients to be built for any <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> that can connect to the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">internet</a>.<a href="#cite_note-apps-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Integration_with_Fediverse">Integration with Fediverse</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Integration with Fediverse">edit</a>]</div> Mastodon uses the <a href="/wiki/ActivityPub" title="ActivityPub">ActivityPub</a> protocol for <a href="/wiki/Federation_(information_technology)" title="Federation (information technology)">federation</a>;<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> this allows users to communicate between <a href="/wiki/Distributed_social_network" title="Distributed social network">independent</a> Mastodon <a href="/wiki/Node_(networking)" title="Node (networking)">instances</a> and other ActivityPub compatible services. Thus, Mastodon is generally considered to be a part of the <a href="/wiki/Fediverse" title="Fediverse">Fediverse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Chan_2022-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Services utilizing the ActivityPub protocol exist which allow for searching all posts on all instances as long as users opt-in.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> For similar reasons, only hashtags can appear in a Mastodon instance's trending topics, not arbitrary popular words. Trending topics vary between instances, since individual instances are aware of different subsets of posts from the whole <a href="/wiki/Fediverse" title="Fediverse">fediverse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Security_concerns">Security concerns</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Security concerns">edit</a>]</div> While Mastodon's decentralized structure is one of its most distinctive features, it also poses additional security challenges. Since many Mastodon instances are run by volunteers,<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> some security experts are concerned about data security and responsiveness to new threats and vulnerabilities across the network, considering the difficulty of configuring and maintaining an instance as well as uneven skill levels among administrators. Configuration errors and security bugs in server implementation has already led to user data being <a href="/wiki/Scraper_site" title="Scraper site">scraped</a> or modified by attackers.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> It is worth noting that Mastodon also collects considerably less personal data, compared to other social media platforms, which makes it a lower-value target and reduces potential damage.<a href="#cite_note-:4-46">[46]</a> The creator of Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, argues that these issues do not set it apart from other software products that can be hosted by non-professionals.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Previous_issues">Previous issues</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Previous issues">edit</a>]</div> In 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation" title="Mozilla Foundation">Mozilla Foundation</a> contracted cybersecurity firm <a href="/wiki/Cure53" title="Cure53">Cure53</a> to perform <a href="/wiki/Penetration_testing" class="mw-redirect" title="Penetration testing">penetration testing</a> on the Mastodon software, in preparation for establishing an instance for the Mozilla community. The testing discovered several vulnerabilities, including one called "TootRoot" that would have enabled <a href="/wiki/Arbitrary_code_execution" title="Arbitrary code execution">arbitrary code execution</a> and another that would have enabled <a href="/wiki/Cross-site_scripting" title="Cross-site scripting">cross-site scripting</a> attacks through <a href="/wiki/OEmbed" title="OEmbed">oEmbed</a> cards. These vulnerabilities were patched in July 2023.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Mastodon has been the main suspect in an issue regarding the generation of <a href="/wiki/OpenGraph" class="mw-redirect" title="OpenGraph">OpenGraph</a> link previews, wherein the data from the link is not cached by the post and transmitted to other instances. Many instances in turn automatically fetch the preview data as well as soon as they receive the post (which can be near-instantaneously after the post is created), creating an accidental <a href="/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack" title="Denial-of-service attack">DDoS</a> attack that can temporarily increase the load of a victim's server.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> A fix to add federation for link previews was planned for 4.3, but has since been delayed for Mastodon 4.4.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption">Adoption</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adoption">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/What_is_Mastodon.webm/220px--What_is_Mastodon.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" 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src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWhat_is_Mastodon.webm&lang=it&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="it" label="italiano ‪(it)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWhat_is_Mastodon.webm&lang=ja&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="ja" label="日本語 ‪(ja)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWhat_is_Mastodon.webm&lang=ko&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="ko" label="한국어 ‪(ko)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWhat_is_Mastodon.webm&lang=pl&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="pl" label="polski ‪(pl)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWhat_is_Mastodon.webm&lang=uk&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="uk" label="українська ‪(uk)‬" data-dir="ltr" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3AWhat_is_Mastodon.webm&lang=vi&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="vi" label="Tiếng Việt ‪(vi)‬" data-dir="ltr" /></video><figcaption>Introductory video explaining Mastodon</figcaption></figure> Mastodon was created by <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Rochko" title="Eugen Rochko">Eugen Rochko</a> and revealed to the public via <a href="/wiki/Hacker_News" title="Hacker News">Hacker News</a> in October 2016.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> It gained significant adoption in 2022 following the <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" title="Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk">acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:3-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-MSN1-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-CNET1-54">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_days">Early days</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Early days">edit</a>]</div> While Mastodon was first released in October 2016, the service began to expand in late March and early April 2017.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Servers were mostly operated by academic institutions, journalists, hobbyists, and activists.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Verge" title="The Verge">The Verge</a> wrote that the community at this time was small and that it had yet to attract the personalities that keep users at Twitter.<a href="#cite_note-The_Verge:_beginner-12">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_of_user_population">Rise of user population</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rise of user population">edit</a>]</div> Not long after, it quickly gained popularity and became the dominant platform in the fediverse and overtaking the previous leader, <a href="/wiki/GNU_social" title="GNU social">GNU social</a>. The global use had risen from 766,500 users as of 1 August 2017, to 1 million users on 1 December 2017.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-dec2017onemil-58">[58]</a> In November 2017 artists, writers, and entrepreneurs such as <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Wendig" title="Chuck Wendig">Chuck Wendig</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Scalzi" title="John Scalzi">John Scalzi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Gillman" title="Melanie Gillman">Melanie Gillman</a> and later John O'Nolan joined in.<a href="#cite_note-:0-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Another spike in popularity came in March through April 2018, due to the concerns about user privacy raised by the #deletefacebook effort.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Membership of Mastodon and other alternative social media sites increased in early December 2018<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] after <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a> announced its intention to ban all adult content from the site.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> In November 2019, nearly 20,000 Twitter users in India temporarily shifted to Mastodon over complaints by users against Twitter's moderation policies.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> To circumvent the increasing online censorship of social networks in mainland China, an increasing number of Chinese-language users have chosen to migrate to Mastodon in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_Twitter-related_spikes_in_adoption">2022 Twitter-related spikes in adoption</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2022 Twitter-related spikes in adoption">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/December_2022_Twitter_suspensions" title="December 2022 Twitter suspensions">December 2022 Twitter suspensions</a></div> A spike in Mastodon's user participation occurred in April 2022, following the 25 April announcement of <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" title="Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk">Elon Musk purchasing Twitter</a>. By 27 April, 30,000 new users had joined Mastodon.<a href="#cite_note-Engadget_after_Musks_Twitter_takeover-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-OKOpress_Musk_bought_Twitter-69">[69]</a> On 28 April 2022, the <a href="/wiki/European_Data_Protection_Supervisor" title="European Data Protection Supervisor">European Data Protection Supervisor</a> (EDPS) launched the official ActivityPub microblogging platform (<a href="/w/index.php?title=EU_Voice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EU Voice (page does not exist)">EU Voice</a>) of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs), based on Mastodon.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Musk's acquisition became final on 27 October 2022. Mastodon had an increase of 70,000 new users from a resultant "<a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a>" on 28 October alone.<a href="#cite_note-chan-2022-71">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Daily downloads increased substantially, rising from 3,400 daily downloads on 27 October to 113,400 on 6 November 2022.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> According to Rochko, by 3 November, use of the federated network had grown to 665,000 active users, with a few growing pains. In particular, Mastodon's largest instance, mastodon.social, needed capacity upgrades to handle the new load.<a href="#cite_note-:3-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Accounts on a server called journa.host founded by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Davidson_(journalist)" title="Adam Davidson (journalist)">Adam Davidson</a> are restricted to professional journalists.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Mastodon's increased adoption continued in the days following the Twitter takeover. On 11 November, the number of new users of the platform compared to the previous week was reported to be 700,000,<a href="#cite_note-MSN1-53">[53]</a> moving Mastodon over the 7 million user mark.<a href="#cite_note-CNET1-54">[54]</a> During that period, several prominent figures joined Mastodon, including prominent actors, comedians, journalists, political activists, and politicians.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In December 2022, the number of monthly active users of Mastodon reached two million.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Twitter's_reaction">Twitter's reaction</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Twitter's reaction">edit</a>]</div> On 15 December, the official Mastodon Twitter account was banned from Twitter, <a href="/wiki/December_15,_2022_Twitter_suspensions" class="mw-redirect" title="December 15, 2022 Twitter suspensions">as well as other accounts with links to some Mastodon instances</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> On the following day, Twitter began to flag all Mastodon links as malware, preventing Twitter users from sharing them.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Mediaite" title="Mediaite">Mediaite</a> opinion piece on the bannings included an erroneous report of an account for "John Mastodon" (a misspelling of @joinmastodon), "founder of a competing social media company named after himself", being banned.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Subsequently, Mastodon users wrote fictional backstories and memes about "John Mastodon" and circulated the <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtag</a> #JohnMastodon.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Following the Mastodon suspension and ban on Mastodon links on Twitter,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Twitter introduced a new policy on 18 December to prohibit sharing links on Twitter to a variety of social media websites, with Mastodon being one of those blocked. The policy stated that it prohibited links in both tweets and account details and that accounts that violated the policy would be suspended.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> By 19 December, the policy and official mentions about it had been removed from Twitter web pages.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Musk stated the following day that banning users for posting Mastodon links had been a mistake.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Rochko stated that at least five <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> firms looking to invest in Mastodon had been turned away by December 2022, and that Mastodon's nonprofit status would not be jeopardized.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-2022_spike">Post-2022 spike</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Post-2022 spike">edit</a>]</div> By the start of January 2023, Mastodon had 1.8 million active users, down 30% from its peak of over 2.5 million active users in early December 2022.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> On 19 March 2023, Mastodon surpassed the ten million mark for registered user accounts.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> In July 2023, Mastodon’s founder, Eugen Rochko, stated that monthly active users were increasing again, surpassing the 2-million mark.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> A study posted to arXiv in November 2023, showed that following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and subsequent changes that ensued, there was a significant migration of users to alternative platforms.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forks">Forks</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Forks">edit</a>]</div> As a result of its <a href="/wiki/Open_source" title="Open source">open source</a> nature and ability to be deployed without restriction, various organizations, companies and governments have started their own Mastodon instances. While most instances have mentioned their usage of Mastodon for the service and identify themselves as a Mastodon instance, a small minority of installations have attempted to conceal their origin by removing all mentions of Mastodon from the public view. These instances also don't release their source code modifications, violating the <a href="/wiki/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License" title="GNU Affero General Public License">AGPLv3</a> license in use by Mastodon. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_instances">Notable instances</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable instances">edit</a>]</div> In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Pixiv" title="Pixiv">Pixiv</a> launched a Mastodon-based social network named Pawoo.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> The service was acquired by media company Russell in December 2019;<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> in December 2022, Russell sold it to The Social Coop Limited, a <a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a>-based entity affiliated with <a href="/wiki/Web3" title="Web3">Web3</a> firm Mask Network.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Pawoo is banned by most instances on Mastodon due to allowing <a href="/wiki/Lolicon" title="Lolicon">lolicon</a> art.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> In April 2019, computer manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Purism_(company)" title="Purism (company)">Purism</a> released a fork of Mastodon named Librem Social.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gab_(social_network)" title="Gab (social network)">Gab</a>, a controversial social network with a <a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics" title="Far-right politics">far-right</a> user base, changed its software platform to a fork of Mastodon and became the largest Mastodon node in July 2019.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> Gab's adoption of Mastodon allowed Gab to be accessed from third-party Mastodon applications, although four of them blocked Gab shortly after the change.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In response, Mastodon's main contributors stated in their blog that they were "completely opposed to Gab’s project and philosophy", and criticized Gab for attempting "to monetize and platform <a href="/wiki/Racist" class="mw-redirect" title="Racist">racist</a> content while hiding behind the banner of free speech" and for "<a href="/wiki/Paywall" title="Paywall">paywalling</a> basic features that are freely available on Mastodon".<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Gab later removed ActivityPub federation from its codebase due to various perceived technical issues, as well as plans to build its own protocol.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Tooter is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Social_networking" class="mw-redirect" title="Social networking">social networking</a> product launched in September 2020 that uses the Mastodon source code, initially without releasing its modifications. The service also identified itself as being wholly made in India, despite its origin.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> In October 2021, (at the time) former President of the United States <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> founded <a href="/wiki/Truth_Social" title="Truth Social">Truth Social</a>, which is based on Mastodon.<a href="#cite_note-Chan_2022-39">[39]</a> Initially, Truth Social did not make its <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> available, violating Mastodon's <a href="/wiki/AGPLv3" class="mw-redirect" title="AGPLv3">AGPLv3</a> license. Eugen Rochko sent a formal letter to Truth Social's chief legal officer on 26 October 2021.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> On 12 November 2021, Truth Social silently published its source code.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> In April 2022, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> launched its own Mastodon and <a href="/wiki/PeerTube" title="PeerTube">PeerTube</a> instances via the <a href="/wiki/European_Data_Protection_Supervisor" title="European Data Protection Supervisor">European Data Protection Supervisor</a>, dubbing them "EU Voice" and "EU Video". The instances were a test run of whether it would be sustainable to run its own social media platforms.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> While the pilot ended two years later in 2024 (after an extension in 2023 for an additional year) and taking the instances offline after being unable to find an organization that would take over operations, the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> has launched their own separate instance.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> In December 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation" title="Mozilla Foundation">Mozilla Foundation</a> launched a Mastodon instance under mozilla.social,<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> initially with closed registrations before opening it up as a private beta.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> However, the instance has since been discontinued and is offline as of 17 December 2024.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maintenance">Maintenance</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Maintenance">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funding">Funding</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Funding">edit</a>]</div> Development of Mastodon is <a href="/wiki/Crowdfunded" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowdfunded">crowdfunded</a>, and does not contain any support for <a href="/wiki/Advertising" title="Advertising">advertisements</a> or monetized features; as of November 2022, it was supported by 3,500 people. In mid-January 2025, the Mastodon team announced<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> it would transition to a new European non-profit to run the Mastodon project<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> and called for funding assistance.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization">Organization</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a>]</div> The project is maintained by the German <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">non-profit</a> Mastodon <a href="/wiki/GGmbH" class="mw-redirect" title="GGmbH">gGmbH</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> Mastodon was registered in Germany as a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organization</a> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: gemeinnützige <a href="/wiki/GmbH" title="GmbH">GmbH</a>) between 2021 and 2024;<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> a US nonprofit was established in April 2024.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> The organization started selling <a href="/wiki/Stuffed_toy" title="Stuffed toy">stuffed toys</a> of its mascot in October 2024.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mastodon_(social_network)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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title="Professional network service">Professional</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academia.edu" title="Academia.edu">Academia.edu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behance" title="Behance">Behance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brainly" title="Brainly">Brainly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HCL_Connections" title="HCL Connections">HCL Connections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moodle" title="Moodle">Moodle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ResearchGate" title="ResearchGate">ResearchGate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solaborate" title="Solaborate">Solaborate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viadeo" title="Viadeo">Viadeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XING" title="XING">XING</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yammer" class="mw-redirect" title="Yammer">Yammer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_social_networking_services" title="List of defunct social networking services">Defunct</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/App.net" title="App.net">App.net</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AsianAve" title="AsianAve">AsianAve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ask.fm" title="Ask.fm">Ask.fm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatars_United" title="Avatars United">Avatars United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bebo" title="Bebo">Bebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolt_(website)" title="Bolt (website)">Bolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BranchOut" title="BranchOut">BranchOut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capazoo" title="Capazoo">Capazoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloob" title="Cloob">Cloob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cohost" title="Cohost">Cohost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EConozco" title="EConozco">eConozco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmodo" 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