https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/mastodon-now-has-over-1-million-users-amid-twitter-tensions/

Mastodon, the free, open-source, decentralized micro-blogging social media platform, has surpassed a million monthly active users for the first time in its history.

The platform's explosive growth was announced today by Eugen Rochko, the creator of Mastodon, who noted that almost half of the new users (489,000) joined the platform since October 27, 2022, when Elon Musk's sealed the purchase of Twitter.