<![CDATA[I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million!]]>I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million!

Some could argue the break after FediCon to build Loops was a mistake, but the fediverse needed a solid short video platform and I didn't want to force that on Pixelfed.

Now this summer belongs to Pixelfed.

Stay tuned, I want to improve the web and mobile apps for the next million or ten million new Pixelfed members 🚀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/478d971d-11f8-4b6c-b663-00bcf4ac6ec1/i-spent-7-years-working-on-pixelfed-almost-every-day-and-in-the-past-18-months-we-ve-went-from-200k-users-to-over-1-millionRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:54:41 GMTSun, 10 May 2026 10:17:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Mon, 11 May 2026 08:56:39 GMT]]>@dansup I am proud one of million users of Pixelfed. Keep going. Honestly the “Suggested for you” posts and “Ad” posts on Instagram definitely killed me. I want @pixelfed to remain chronological. I remained happy the fact that it is ad-free here on pixelfed

here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/porsche992_boy/statuses/116555103131419567https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/porsche992_boy/statuses/116555103131419567Mon, 11 May 2026 08:56:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 22:15:46 GMT]]>@BoomlandJenkins @nunesgh @dansup Igualmente de acuerdo al 100%. Todo un acierto, dedicar Pixelfed sólo a fotografías (aunque también se puedan subir vídeos) y dedicar Loops sólo a vídeos cortos. 👍🏻

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fisherroot/statuses/116552587442104574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fisherroot/statuses/116552587442104574Sun, 10 May 2026 22:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:08:33 GMT]]>@dansup good luck to you, but instagram killed photo sharing for me, that stuff was just so toxic and depressing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottytrees/statuses/116550907565759043https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottytrees/statuses/116550907565759043Sun, 10 May 2026 15:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:18:59 GMT]]>@dansup Any plan in the medium or long term to have rich metrics for pixelfed too and a longer list of top users ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hiphopheaven/statuses/116550712631770952https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hiphopheaven/statuses/116550712631770952Sun, 10 May 2026 14:18:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 13:27:42 GMT]]>@dansup 👏 👏 👏

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116550511026770695https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116550511026770695Sun, 10 May 2026 13:27:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 13:24:24 GMT]]>@dansup
🥳

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/aerion/statuses/116550498047795982https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/aerion/statuses/116550498047795982Sun, 10 May 2026 13:24:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 12:47:21 GMT]]>@mpjgregoire @dansup Agreed when donating so much of your own time and resources you get to pick what you work on when. Thank you for everything you have helped to created.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gabrielmarkley/statuses/116550352314328319https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gabrielmarkley/statuses/116550352314328319Sun, 10 May 2026 12:47:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 12:46:08 GMT]]>@dansup I will test on degoogled Android if that helps.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gabrielmarkley/statuses/116550347527750797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gabrielmarkley/statuses/116550347527750797Sun, 10 May 2026 12:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 12:39:07 GMT]]>@dansup I love Loops. With some fixes and more users I think it can completely replace Instagram for me. In fact, I just wiped my phone by installing Graphene on it, and I've only reinstalled Loops and not the Meta-owned hot garbage. Thank you for all your hard work!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koh_kun/statuses/116550319988354529https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/koh_kun/statuses/116550319988354529Sun, 10 May 2026 12:39:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 12:08:20 GMT]]>@dansup
Thank you so much 🙏

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freiburg.social/users/free/statuses/116550198951457369https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freiburg.social/users/free/statuses/116550198951457369Sun, 10 May 2026 12:08:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 11:49:53 GMT]]>@nunesgh @dansup 100%.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoomlandJenkins/statuses/116550126372913434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/BoomlandJenkins/statuses/116550126372913434Sun, 10 May 2026 11:49:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 11:46:39 GMT]]>@dansup
Your decision to separate and was a wise one!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nunesgh/statuses/116550113652592010https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nunesgh/statuses/116550113652592010Sun, 10 May 2026 11:46:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 11:38:21 GMT]]>@dansup can’t wait to see, feel like it needs some love

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116257208315556253/statuses/116550081031271673https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116257208315556253/statuses/116550081031271673Sun, 10 May 2026 11:38:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 11:37:35 GMT]]>@Colman

Laying some facts down, that can be sourced:

Crowdfunding CAD 138,742 / $101,445 USD

for:

"All funds raised will go toward continued development and support of the core Pixelfed applications and the ActivityPub ecosystem at large."

Also:

$21,366.00 USD raised via OpenCollective to date

$1,055 USD per month via Patreon

Five grants via NLnet for Pixelfed(3) and Loops(2). Value Unknown.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theUnicorn/statuses/116550077984703078https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theUnicorn/statuses/116550077984703078Sun, 10 May 2026 11:37:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 11:30:05 GMT]]>@dansup congrats 🫶

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/Morpurgo/statuses/116550048483175204https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/Morpurgo/statuses/116550048483175204Sun, 10 May 2026 11:30:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:44:32 GMT]]>@dansup @pixelfed Sounds good! It’s a good place.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116179011642927242/statuses/116549869372696738https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116179011642927242/statuses/116549869372696738Sun, 10 May 2026 10:44:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:40:16 GMT]]>@dansup Terrific! I don't know if the Android client will lead to a major boost in users, but there will be at least one more.

Thanks again for your hard work.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mpjgregoire/statuses/116549852648548199https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mpjgregoire/statuses/116549852648548199Sun, 10 May 2026 10:40:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:34:14 GMT]]>@dansup remind me how much those people paid you and how much work they did on Pixelfed in the interim?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116549828922421503https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116549828922421503Sun, 10 May 2026 10:34:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:29:36 GMT]]>@mpjgregoire Thank you, and yeah I was working on Loops Android earlier tonight and it's ready to ship (Push Notifications will require a few more weeks on Android though).

I'll share more details next week!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dansup/statuses/116549810698533262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dansup/statuses/116549810698533262Sun, 10 May 2026 10:29:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I spent 7 years working on Pixelfed almost every day, and in the past 18 months we've went from 200k users to over 1 million! on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:27:57 GMT]]>@dansup You should spend your time where you think best. That said, do you have any idea when the Android client for Loops will be available on the Play Store or F-Droid?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mpjgregoire/statuses/116549804178703226https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mpjgregoire/statuses/116549804178703226Sun, 10 May 2026 10:27:57 GMT