From the discussion started on social.coop: https://social.coop/@Matt_Noyes/108739755802529122 I had to draw the line somewhere.
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Unsure where to register to join Fediverse? Choose a website from this curated list. It includes Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, Misskey and Hubzilla servers. Websites are not restricted to their theme. They help people with common interests find their community.
- lugnasad.eu - for French speaking science lovers (Friendica)
- oulipo.social - a lipogrammatic server (Mastodon)
- tusk.schoollibraries.net - helping educators improve the School Libraries Resource Network (Mastodon)
- mastodon.oeru.org - for educators and learners involved in the OERu
- koreadon.com - for K-POP music fans (Mastodon)
- feedbeat.me - dedicated to culture and events such as music, poetry, comedy (German) (Mastodon)
- screenwriting.space - a place for storytellers (Mastodon)
- rollenspiel.social - (German) roleplay, Pen & Paper, tabletop, TCG, for all gamers (Mastodon)
- rollenspiel.group - (German) roleplay, Pen & Paper, tabletop, TCG, for all gamers (Friendica)
- radiosocial.de - for German radio amateurs (Mastodon)
- podcastindex.social - for stake holders of podcasting who are interested in improving the ecosystem (Mastodon)
- solarpunks.social - decentralized network for solarpunks (Mastodon)
- rail.chat - discussions about long-distance, passenger and freight rail networks for economic, environmental and equity benefits (Mastodon)
- toki.social - for those interested in toki pona (Mastodon)
- mastodon.sk - for Slovak users (Mastodon)
- mastodon.eus - for Euskera/Basque speakers (Mastodon)
- xarxa.cloud - for Catalan and Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
- mastodon.fedi.bzh - for Breton and Gallo speakers (Mastodon)
- gomastodon.cz - for Czech users (Mastodon)
- soc.phreedom.club - for Russian users (Pleroma)
- librosphere.fr - for French speakers (Pleroma)
- mastodontti.fi - For Finnish speakers (Mastodon)
- snabelen.no - For Norwegian speakers (Mastodon)
- sociale.network - For Italian speakers (Mastodon)
- mastodon.nu - For Swedish speakers (Mastodon)
- norrebro.space - For Danish speakers (Mastodon)
- loðfíll.is - For Icelandic speakers (Mastodon)
- muenchen.social - Munich, Germany (Mastodon)
- mastodon.bayern - Bavaria, Germany (Mastodon)
- ruhr.social - Ruhr area, Germany (Mastodon)
- social.cologne - Cologne, Germany (Mastodon)
- nrw.social - North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Mastodon)
- social.saarland - Saarland, Germany (Mastodon)
- machteburch.social - Magdeburg, Germany (Mastodon)
- brandenburg.social - Brandenburg, Germany (Mastodon)
- berlin.social - Berlin, Germany (Mastodon)
- osna.social - Osnabrück, Germany (Mastodon)
- fem.social - Ilmenau, Germany (Mastodon)
- friendica.a-zwenkau.de - Zwenkau, Germany (Friendica)
- chaotic.social - Hannover, Germany (Mastodon)
- frankfurt.social - Frankfurt, Germany (Mastodon)
- harz.social - Harz area, Germany (Mastodon)
- rheinneckar.social - Rhein-Neckar area, Germany (Mastodon)
- nahe.social - Nahe region, Germany (Mastodon)
- moessingen.social - Mössingen area, Germany (Mastodon)
- graz.social - Graz, Austria (Mastodon)
- krems.social - Krems, Austria (Mastodon)
- fedi.at - Austria (Mastodon)
- oslo.town - Oslo, Norway (Mastodon)
- norrebro.space - Denmark (Mastodon)
- mastodon.nl - Netherlands (Mastodon)
- mastodon.scot - Scotland, or who identify as Scottish (Mastodon)
- glasgow.social - Glasgow, Scotland (Mastodon)
- bath.social - Bath, UK (Mastodon)
- socialclub.nyc - New York, USA (Mastodon)
- sfba.social - San Francisco Bay Area, USA (Mastodon)
- leafposter.club - Canada (Pleroma)
- mastodon.quebec - Quebec, Canada (Mastodon)
- mastodon.ml - Russia (Mastodon)
- mstdn.es - Spain (Mastodon)
- barcelona.social - Barcelona (Pleroma)
- mastodon.in.th - Thailand (Mastodon)
- social.net.ua - Ukraine (Pleroma)f
- aus.social - Australia (Mastodon)
- mastodon.green - green European Union (Mastodon)
- turkum.site - Turkey (Mastodon)
- cmdr.social - dedicated to Elite: Dangerous and space exploration (Mastodon)
- osrs.club - themed around Old School Runescape (Pleroma)
- fsmi.social - free software movement of India (Mastodon)
- indieweb.social - for participants and supporters of the IndieWeb movement (Mastodon)
- tmkis.social - webhosting and internet services (Mastodon)
- pythondevs.social - for Python developers of all experience levels (Pleroma)
- pythonverse.social - for Python developers (Mastodon)
- hispagatos.space - for hackers, social anarchists, and anarchist hackers (Mastodon)
- campaign.openworlds.info - for campaigners and NGOs (Mastodon)
- ontological.city - for debating on philosophy, society, politics, degrowth and other controversial ideas (Mastodon)
- toot.cat - instance for cats, the people who love them, and kindness in general (Mastodon)
- climatejustice.social - for activists of the global climate justice and social justice movement (Mastodon)
- bungle.online - fandom instance, post media, fan art and fanfiction (Misskey)
- this.mouse.rocks - furry instance for all the mouse adjacent folks who rock (Mastodon)
- birds.garden - a quiet, peaceful place where any bird can find refuge (Pleroma)
- stop.voring.me - fun hangout for furries and normies alike (Misskey)
- appalachian.town
- venera.social - friendly humans are welcome (Friendica)
- nerdculture.de (Mastodon)
- ieji.de - has Tor .onion address (Mastodon)
- misskey.de - hosted in Helsinki (Misskey)
- wienermobile.rentals - for all reasonable people (Pleroma)
- social.data.coop - for members of the cooperative, Denmark (Mastodon)
- en.osm.town - for the OpenStreetMap Community (Mastodon)
- hostsharing.coop - for members of the cooperative, Germany (Mastodon)
- pouet.chapril.org - Chapril/April, free software association, France (Mastodon)
- social.coop - for members of the association, USA (Mastodon)
- social.darkpeak.org - for members of the cooperative, UK (Pleroma)
- sociale.network - Altrinformazione and Peacelink associations, Italy (Mastodon)
- swiss-chaos.social - Chaos Computer Club Switzerland (Mastodon)
- mastodon.mit.edu - for the MIT community (Mastodon)
- mastodon.acc.sunet.se - by Academic Computer Club at Umeå University, Sweden (Mastodon)
- metu.life - for METU university of Turkey (Mastodon)
- augsburg.social - Augsburg, Germany (Mastodon)
- wue.social - Würzburg (and the neighbourhood), Germany (Mastodon)
- bonn.social - Bonn, Germany (Mastodon)
- krefeld.life - Krefeld, Germany (Mastodon)
- dresden.network - Dresden, Germany (Mastodon)
- darmstadt.social - Darmstadt, Germany (Mastodon)
- fulda.social - Fulda, Germany (Mastodon)
- norden.social - Northern Germany (Mastodon)
- voi.social - Austria (Mastodon)
- wien.rocks - Vienna, Austria (Mastodon)
- snabelen.no - Norway (Mastodon)
- mastodon.se - Sweden (Mastodon)
- tukkers.online - Twente region, Netherlands (Mastodon)
- mastodon.opencloud.lu - Luxembourg (private and public organisations) (Mastodon)
- mastodon.uy - Uruguay (Mastodon)
- chilemasto.casa - Chile (Mastodon)
- mastodon.ie - Ireland (Mastodon)
- mastodon.org.uk - UK (Mastodon)
- mastodon.me.uk - UK tech community (Mastodon)
- social.tulsa.ok.us - Tulsa, Northeast Oklahoma, USA (Mastodon)
- kcmo.social - Kansas City, USA (Mastodon)
- mastodos.com - Kyoto, Japan (Mastodon)
- mastodon.madrid - Madrid, Spain (Mastodon)
- masto.pt - Portugal (Mastodon)
- scicomm.xyz - for scientists and science enthusiasts (Mastodon)
- fediscience.org - for publishing scientists, from natural sciences to the humanities (Mastodon)
- writing.exchange - community for poets, writers, bloggers (Mastodon)
- imaginair.es - for writers, painters, cartoonists and people with imagination (Mastodon)
- mograph.social - for motion design community, VFX / 3D artists, animators, illustrators (Mastodon)
- socel.net - for animation professionals and freelancers (Mastodon)
- history.lol - for history and history jokes (Mastodon)
- iztasocial.site - discussions about psychology for professors of SUAyED Psicología university of Mexico (Mastodon)
- openbiblio.social - German libraries and information facilities (Mastodon)
- ausglam.space - Australian galleries, libraries, archives, museums and records people (Mastodon)
- linernotes.club - for discussing music recordings (Mastodon)
- bostonmusic.online - digital space serving the Boston music scene (Mastodon)
- tabletop.social - for tabletop gamers
- mastodon.radio - for Amateur (Ham) Radio community (Mastodon)
- kith.kitchen - food and cooking (Mastodon)
- tooot.im - main instance language is Hebrew (Mastodon)
- toot.si - Slovenian (multilingual) instance (Mastodon)
- mastodontti.fi - Finnish, public toots should be in Finnish (Mastodon)
- floss.social - for people who support or build Free Libre Open Source Software (Mastodon)
- linuxrocks.online - dedicated to Linux and technologies (Mastodon)
- mathstodon.xyz - for Maths people (Mastodon)
- digipres.club - conversations about digital preservation (Mastodon)
- phpc.social - PHP community
- eupublic.social - for people interested in a united, post-national, truly democratic Europe (Mastodon)
- dads.cool - anyone with a kid can be a dad (Mastodon)
- tech.lgbt - for tech workers, academics, students, and others in tech who are LGBTQA+ allies (Mastodon)
- colorid.es- Spanish LGBTQIA+ / queer instance primarily for Portuguese speakers (Mastodon)
- notbird.site - left-wing instance of hackers, makers and gays (Mastodon)
- fandom.ink - for fans and fandoms of all types (Mastodon)
- aspiechattr.me - for aspies and other NDs where you can chat to other peeps with ASD, ADHD, and related conditions (Mastodon)
- meow.social - general furry/safe-space instance (Mastodon)
- tooting.ch - generic instance hosted by the FairSocialNet association (Mastodon)
- weirder.earth - for thoughtful weirdos (Hometown-Mastodon)
- m.g3l.org - by G3L, libre software association (Mastodon)
- digitalcourage.social - by DigitalCourage (Mastodon)
- mastodon.nzoss.nz - by New Zealand Open Source Society (Mastodon)
- mastodon.roflcopter.fr - by Roflcopter, CHATONS member (Mastodon)
- libretooth.gr - by LibreOps, who contribute to (re-)decentralizing the net (Mastodon)
- photog.social - place for your photos (Mastodon)
- mastodon.cc - for art (Mastodon)
- theres.life - for Christians (Mastodon)
- mastodon.ocf.berkeley.edu - for Berkeley students, faculty, and staff (Mastodon)
- mastodon.utwente.nl - for the University of Twente community (Mastodon)
- fikaverse.club - Swedish and other Scandinavian languages (Mastodon)
- scholar.social - for researchers, undergrads, journal editors, librarians, administrators (Mastodon)
- literatur.social - for German speaking authors and literary people (Mastodon)
- dobbs.town - open to members of The Church of the SubGenius (Mastodon)
- wpbuilds.social - for those who love Wordpress and open source (Mastodon)
- feuerwehr.social - for all firefighters in German-speaking countries (Mastodon)
- dragonscave.space - instance with a blind and visually impaired membership, welcome to everyone who is a nice person (Mastodon)
- mastodon.gougere.fr - Auxerre, France (Mastodon)
- stereodon.social - self-managed social network devoted to underground music (Italian, English languages) (Mastodon)
- solarpunk.moe - for solarpunk nerds (Mastodon)
- leftist.network - for those with Leftist politics (Mastodon)
- kansas-city.social - Kansas City, USA (Mastodon)
- PCGamer.social - by the PC gamer, for the PC gamer (Mastodon)
- poliverso.org - dedicated to politics and digital rights (Italian speaking) (Friendica)
- rheinland.social - Rheinland, Germany (Mastodon)
- editors.place - for developmental, line, technical, and copy editors (Mastodon)
- social.politicaconciencia.org - community about politics, science and culture for Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
- andalucia.social - Andalucia, Spain (Mastodon)
- polyglot.city - for multilingual and polyglots (Mastodon)
- esperanto.masto.host - for those interested in Esperanto (Mastodon)
- masto.nobigtech.es - for Spanish speakers (Mastodon)
- triangletoot.party - Triangle region of North Carolina, USA (Mastodon)
- sf.social - San Francisco Bay Area, USA (Mastodon)
- techlover.eu - talk about new technologies like development, digital art or science (Mastodon)
- ruby.social - for people interested in Ruby, Rails and related topics (Mastodon)
- pcgamer.social - by PC gamer, for PC gamers (Mastodon)
- activism.openworlds.info - for activists (Mastodon)
- rizomatica.org - Italian speaking community that values social emancipation and equality (Hubzilla)
- pipou.academy - French community with emphasis on kindness (Mastodon)
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Instances which declare to be affiliated with an incorporate non-profit (usually an association or cooperative) and to follow its policies.
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// these servers may be removed in future automated updates due to signups by application
Disclaimer
Following instances skipped
: number of users > 5.000, closed registration at the moment of checking, behind Cloudflare, running old code, theme / description not understood due to language barrier or scarce description, long blocklists, experimental servers.
Note: new server additions welcome, however, this is a curated list for newcomers - for this reason second-level, human-friendly domain names will more likely be accepted than 3-level, long, unintelligible strings of letters.
Note: servers with closed registration may be placed only in "Notable mention" category, only if they represent well-known organizations or establishments.
Add your own themed instance via merge request or send a suggestion to @lightone@mastodon.xyz via Fediverse. If your server already has many users, it will be nice of you to let other servers grow, for a healthier decentralization.
🌟 Other research links
- Pirate Parties in Fediverse
- Mastodon server distribution research by @Leah