This week, we map the visual layer of the fediverse with current numbers (June 2026): Pixelfed, Loops, PeerTube, and ... Flickr? Pixelfed: ~100K MAU across 700 servers. @dansup has been building it for eight years, mostly alone, turning down VC offers and funding it through a Kickstarter that raised CA$138K for a nonprofit foundation. Loops: federated short-form video, also by dansup. mid-4,000s MAU, 26 servers. opt-in algorithmic feed (the default is chronological), trust-score moderation, no AI training on user content. PeerTube: 47K MAU across 1,500+ servers. Framasoft (French nonprofit). the most infrastructure-heavy platform on the fediverse. The visual web is the most expensive layer of the internet to decentralize. None of this was built on venture-scale economics. Part 2 of the Fediverse Beyond Mastodon series. More here: https://federatedmind.com/the-visual-fediverse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=visual-fediverse-2 #Fediverse #Pixelfed #Loops #PeerTube #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #Owncast #FederatedVideo