Fediverse

Do you mean just Lemmy, or do you also want users from mbin or others fediverse instances that can access lemmy discussions?

The economics of a social platform relies on growth over time and Lemmy is growing at the perfect pace because it’s not a single entity but a collaborative entity.

Once bigger federations break through to the mainstream market you’ll see the relevance of smaller federations growing along with it as it becomes a ‘bigger’ ecosystem

Mentioned in the comment section below what is necessary for community growth and it doesn’t require millions, only a few hundred active members.

If you care about American politics and being outraged at every and any thing thrown at you during the day, it is active enough. However you are SOL if are curious about any other topic that does not involve narcissistically talking about yourself.

Assuming you are invested enough to find or create a community for a topic you care about, be prepared to be talking to yourself for a long time and consider yourself lucky if you manage to get 2 other people commenting on it.

Anyone saying that it's even a little bit close to an adequate level for anything other than politics and star trek are lying to themselves.