Update: We are now past 140,000 users. Growth is still accelerating.
When I checked yesterday it was 91,000 users, it’s now 109,000 and counting up fast!
100,000 🎉
Stats can be found here: https://the-federation.info/platform/73 - this site has been hugged to death for the moment.
Stats can also be found here: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats
Don’t forget scammers. The sub I was a regular in had 900k+ members and there were scam bots trying to farm karma with reposts, selling fake merch with stolen art etc. constantly, sometimes multiple at once. That basically never happened to the smaller subs I regularily visited, as they apparently weren’t “interesting” enough for those people. …and I have the feeling that this issue will get only worse with the planned reddit changes and whatnot, but that’s no longer my concern.