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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I haven't done these in a while, but there hasn't happened much lately: #Traffic to @heiseonline from #Mastodon is stable, #Bluesky & #Threads combined bring in less. Facebook has lost much recently; #Flipboard is stable too.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

The newest images from #Copernicus give a sense of the level of destruction in#Nepal. Absolutely horrible. #FlashFlood #Flood

Satellitenaufnahme eines merklich größeren Flussbetts nach der Flut.

Satellitenaufnahme des schmaleren Flussbetts vor der Flut.

Satellitenaufnahme eines vergleichsweise schmalen Flusses inmitten von Bergen

Satellitenaufnahme eines viel breiteren Flussbetts zwischen den Wolken

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Wie schlimm war die #Hitzewelle Ende Juni hierzulande? Ich habe das Gefühl, die Berichterstattung wird dem bislang nicht gerecht. Vielleicht hilft dieses Diagramm? Das sind die Sterbefälle für jeden Tag seit Anfang 2020 – in Rot die Kurve für 2026. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/gvL9c/1

Das Diagramm mit zahlreichen Linien, die rote mit einem enormen Ausschlag im Juni

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

The #Fediverse/#OpenWeb keeps growing, so how far can a post go now? Let's try it out! If you see it please share and/or like! I'll post stats. #Mastodon #Sharkey #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #SocialMedia @fediverse@piefed.social @fediverse@lemmy.ml

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

@heiseonline Ich habe jetzt mal geschaut und ganz schön viele lateinische Buchstaben im Trailer gefunden. Die sind in Teheran wahrscheinlich eher selten.

Szene aus dem Trailer mit einer Inschrift in lateinischen Buchstaben.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

Neulich ging doch dieser Text mit der berechtigten Kritik an ewig lang ladenden Internetseiten herum. Aber das muss gar nicht sein: Wo ich bei meinen Abos die werbefreie Option gebucht habe, ist unser Lieblingswort #Schwuppdizität ein Understatement. Guckt mal 👇🏻

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2026

#Federation works once again: @pj, @Casey & @kevin are already followed by many accounts, that are not at theforkiverse.com. And roughly 3 to 6 % of the followers are not even on #Mastodon. #Fediverse #SearchEngine #HardFork

Graph for pj, with one third not from theforkiverse.com

Graph for Casey, with one third not from theforkiverse.com

Graph for Kevin, with two thirds not from theforkiverse.com

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025

Well, it took me a while, but I finally vanquished #Chronos. What a way to finish the year! 😎 Can't wait for the next try. #Hades2 #ChronosMustDie

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025

So, is it getting quieter here in the #Fediverse; is it even dying? That I don't know, but I can add some data: At least for @heiseonline it seems to be the opposite; the number of comments and likes keeps on growing. @Mastodon @SocialMedia @fediverse

The data for likes, with an upward trend

The data for comments, showing an upward trend

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

Isn't that something? This graph shows traffic to pages on @heiseonline that don't exist (404 #error). It seems like #AI really is sending much more traffic to pages that aren't there. Is anyone else seeing this?

A graph with a long baseline that suddenly grows at the beginning of 2025

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025

Braucht es wirklich noch einen Text, dass man jetzt wirklich nicht mehr auf #X aktiv sein sollte, wenn man Prinzipien hat, die #EU eher gut findet oder man die freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung für schützenswert hält? #ElonMusk

Tweet from #ElonMusk demanding, that the EU gets abolished and an answer confirming that from Dmitry Medvedev.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

The new overview over followers from big #media accounts in the #Fediverse: @tazgetroete & @tagesschau are big on #Friendica, #Hubzilla seems very German. @ProPublica & @arstechnica are big on #Hometown, but the latter is the largest almost everywhere […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025

The five largest verified accounts of #news organisations in the #Fediverse are: @arstechnica @mediapart @tazgetroete @heiseonline @tagesschau Interested in where the followers are? Have a look 👇🏼 And find a larger table over at: fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2025

My post traveling through the #Fediverse got another push over the weekend (thx @pallenberg), motivating me to have another look. And surprise: After adding the software of multiple instances, #Sharkey came in before #Bluesky. 🥳

A graph showing the distribution of the boosts by software

A graph showing the distribution of the favs by software

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

Now with corrected colors! Thanks to all who shared it wide, it got very far! - it was shared far more often than last time - everyone is so nice - #Bluesky was not more popular than last time, but it's still first - the diversity is great, but the range of […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025

@fediverse So here is a first analysys of shares and favs by #Software 👇🏼 There are some missing, maybe because my instance doesn't know about them (I'm getting the number via API), and #Bluesky has some more (but not much). Sadly I tagged #Lemmy/#Piefed […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 21/11/2025

How far will it go this time? This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more. That's #Sharkey, #Misskey, #Pixelfed, #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma… If you see it, please share it. #SocialMedia !fediverse@piefed.social

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

Oh man, wie kann man denn so humorbefreit sein? Ich musste bei der "liebenswerten US-Spieleschmiede" so laut lachen 😅 […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

Screenshot eines Kommentars:

"Fans der liebenswürdigen US-Spieleschmiede"

Wusste gar nicht das heise jetzt schon halbgare Satire-Artikel veröffentlicht.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Das #GPT5 keine Karten zeichnen kann, ist übrigens Absicht. Jetzt wisst ihr Bescheid. 👇🏼 #ChatGPT #OpenAI #SamAltman #SaschaLobo #SpiegelOnline

Viele wollen OpenAI fallen sehen

Mein educated guess ist, dass die vielen Fehlleistungen sogar absichtsvoll in Kauf genommen worden sein könnten: Eine riesige Zahl von Leuten macht aus schierer Häme nichts anderes, als Schwachstellen von GPT-5 zu finden und diese zu veröffentlichen. Eine schnellere, umfassendere und bessere Fehleranalyse des eigenen Produkts ist kaum zu bekommen. Und mit genau diesen Daten kann die Realtime-Router-KI wiederum rasch lernen, besser zu werden. Das ist nur eine Vermutung, OpenAI ist definitiv auch zu unbeabsichtigten Großfehlern in der Lage. Aber der obige Satz wurde vor der weltweiten Belustigung veröffentlicht.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

To put this in perspective: If we add #traffic from @Mastodon, #Bluesky, @Flipboard & #Threads it brings more or less as much as #Facebook (and with fewer ups and downs). Which is not little. But that's mainly thanks to #Flipboard, as you can see. #TwitterMigration #News #SocialMedia

A similar graph, but Mastodon, Flipboard, Bluesky and Threads stacked against X and Facebook

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

Haven't posted these in a while, but there's not much change: Since @heiseonline has left #X/#Twitter, we've seen a bit more #traffic from #Mastodon; #Bluesky is also growing a bit. #Threads lags. There was an error in our numbers of #Flipboard, after correction, it's way bigger.

A graph showing traffic to heise.de via different social networks, Flipboard is in front, then Mastodon, Bluesky, X and Threads.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2025

Well, now it's going out of hands: Remember how the flag emojis disappeared from my website and I tried to find an explanation? Now they're gone from #Bluesky on the web for me. Anyone else seeing this? 👇🏼

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2025

Now, that the bug is solved and it's no longer a problem if the number of followers (or following) of @MediaOnMastodon is divisible by 8, it's a good time to get to 400, right? Have a look, maybe I missed another account by a media organization on #Mastodon […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

You know, how @Flipboard shows for federated accounts only the total follower numbers from their app? Well, there is a way, to find the number of followers from the #Fediverse, but it's only accessible for federated accounts. Luckily I can access the one from […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

Screenshot of the NPR-account and the number of fediverse-followers.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2025

Want to see something interesting? This graph shows the traffic to @heiseonline via our posts on #Mastodon by the hour in February in this & last year. See the spike in the morning? That's the automated posts with the most shared links. Seems like we need another one in the evening 😉

Graph showing the distribution of the traffic by the hour. In 2025 there's a spike in the morning.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025

Two weeks later, time for a little update: As a #traffic source, #Threads hasn't remained as big as #Mastodon for @heiseonline, but it constantly beats #Bluesky now. #X (where we stopped posting) is behind. But what's interesting 👇🏻 #SocialMedia #Fediverse #MastodonMigration

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025

Here you can see, that (other than #X) the new peak from #Threads is not from one (or two articles) but that there definitely was a shift. It seems like Threads is on par with #Mastodon, but for that we'll have to see. #SocialMedia (🧵 3/3)

The graph for just some days, with Threads clearly rising.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025

If we take the three #TwitterAlternatives together, they even beat the original from way back… (Oh, and yes, there is also a peak from #X in there, but that's only from one viral article.) #SocialMedia

The same graph, but with #Mastodon, #Threads and #Bluesky stacked onto each other.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025

Last week here at @heiseonline we had two #microblogging services that brought as much #traffic as #X brought, before we stopped posting there: Still don't know why, but #Threads even beat #Mastodon. #Bluesky only third this time. #SocialMedia #TwitterMigration #Twitter

The graph showing the traffic with a sudden rise of Threads at the end.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2025

OK, what's happening here? #Threads is going through the roof and has seemingly overtaken #Bluesky, plus maybe even #Mastodon (– regarding traffic to @heiseonline). Of course, we're now posting automatically, but only since yesterday, the growth began days […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

A graph showing traffic from #Threads, #Bluesky and #Mastodon to heise.de, with Threads suddenly jumping ahead.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025

We knew I had to do it 😉 Yesterday, I posted a picture from a protest in #Hannover, and it went wildly viral here on #Mastodon. ✊🏼 But on #Bluesky it was even crazier! It's the first (big) post I've seen from Mastodon, that was more popular on another […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

Graph showing where the more than 1200 favs came from, the majority from Bluesky

Graph showing where the Favs came from, three fourths coming from Bluesky

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2025

Well, this is interesting: For two weeks now, #Mastodon is bringing noticeably more traffic to @heiseonline. #Bluesky is also growing again, and even #Threads bringing in more than ever before. The #TwitterAlternatives are reaching new heights. (🧵1/4) #SocialMedia #Fediverse

A graph showing the uptick from Mastodon and Bluesky..

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025

Passt doch heute ganz gut zusammen bislang 😉

Screenshot von zwei Beiträgen von @heiseonline in denen es einmal um Musk und TikTok und dann "Free Our Feeds" geht.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2025

With 100 more the picture desn't change that much: #Matodon clearly in the lead, but it absolutely shows, that is possible to reach an audience beyond that in the #Fediverse. Not to forget, there were many many many likes in #Lemmy before the post was deleted at lemmy.world. #SocialMedia

The second graph, showing #Mastodon before #Bluesky, #Sharkey, #Friendica and #Hubzilla.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2025

It's still being shared, so this is only a first result. There is once more some software, that is not visible here on #Mastodon, nevertheless, thanks for sharing to everyone. #Bluesky again in second, then #Sharkey, #Friendica, #GoToSocial and #Hubzilla...

Graph showing the majority of the boosts came from Mastodon, but a not so small share from Blueskey, Sharkey etc.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2025

Let's try it again: This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more. That's #Sharkey, #Pixefeld (hence the pic), #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma... How far can it go? Please share it, wherever you see it! #SocialMedia @fediverse

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2025

After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

Illustration of a person who puts an X-log in a garbage bin

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2024

If I add the #traffic from #Mastodon & #Flipboard & #Bluesky into #Fediverse (I know, I know... but they're federated or bridged), they're now comparable to #Facebook. 😯 Will be interesting to see that graph, when #Threads federates here and (!!) allows […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

Another graph showing multiple lines over the year

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2024

2024 is ending, time for a last look at the #traffic to @heiseonline via X/ #Twitter and its alternatives. #Mastodon was very stable, which made it the biggest source by the end of the year. #Bluesky grew significantly at the end and is now clearly in […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

The graph showing multiple lines over the year

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024

Na, da folgen uns ja doch noch andere: Das @RNDAudience hat sich heute auch von #X / #Twitter verabschiedet. Zitat: "X hat in den vergangenen Monaten seinen Charakter als Forum für sachliche, konstruktive Debatten aufgegeben." 🙂‍↕️ #eXit #Xodus #TwitterMigration

Screenshots des Tweets mit dem Text:
"Das RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) stellt mit sofortiger Wirkung die Aktivitäten auf der Plattform X ein.
X hat in den vergangenen Monaten seinen Charakter als Forum für sachliche, konstruktive Debatten aufgegeben. Diese Debatten sind aus unserer Sicht aber die Voraussetzung für gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt. Deswegen verstärken wir unser Angebot auf anderen digitalen Bühnen. Ihr findet uns weiterhin auch bei Facebook, Instagram und LinkedIn."

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2024

Another interesting graph is the one showing, where our followers are: Almost 99% use #Mastodon, but the (tiny) rest is pretty diverse. Here at least, the promise of the #Fediverse has not yet really been fulfilled. (🧵 3/4)

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2024

If you combine #Mastodon, #Flipboard and #Bluesky into the #Fediverse, they are not that far from #Facebook. But of course, that's a bit of a stretch (at least for now). But what's clear, is that Flipboard is not as strong as before. Any tips, on how to get more out of @Flipboard? (🧵 2/4)

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2024

Another week is over, time for new stats regarding traffic to @heiseonline: It seems like there is a new balance with #Mastodon in front, #Bluesky brings now half as much. Although we stopped posting to #X, it still brings in more than #Threads and roughly as much as #Flipboard. (🧵 1/4)

The graphs that show the decline of X and the rise of the rest.

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2024

Well, that's interesting: Remember the discussion here on #Mastodon about forcing a NoReferrer on all links from some days ago? Today I suddenly found mastodon.social as traffic source and would you look at that: The same link over there hasn't got the […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

A link on social.heise.de with a noreferrer

The same link on mastodon.social without the noreferrer

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2024

After counting my followers on #Bluesky by hand (because I can't see the ones, that are not bridged), it jumped on second place. Almost 2 % of my followers here are from Bluesky. #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #TwitterMIgration #eXit #Xodus

The same graph, but with many more accounts from Bluesky

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