Security News > 2022 > November > 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 joined the platform since October 27, 2022, when Elon Musk's sealed the purchase of Twitter.
The sudden influx of users to Mastodon is caused by a notable wave of migration from Twitter, as it uses a similar interface and social feed format.
The network of individual servers unites under a network of co-existing instances thanks to a federation system, practically allowing Mastodon users from any server to interact with each other.
Since October 27, 1,124 new servers have been added to the Mastodon network, opening up to welcome new users looking to join.
Twitter is undergoing a stormy period of change, and either for better or worse, some of its users will explore alternatives like Mastodon.