Sites are ordered by global Similarweb rank as of 2023-12-07
Criteria for inclusion:
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General topic.
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Has nested comments (at least 10 levels of nesting)
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Content primarily in English.
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Content accessible to logged-out users.
| Order | Site | Similarweb Rank | Release Year | Federated | Source Code |
|---|
| 1 | reddit.com | 17 | 2005 | No | proprietary |
| 2 | disqus.com/channels | 2,754 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 3 | scored.co | 29,146 | 2019 | No | proprietary |
| 4 | hive.blog | 56,589 | 2020 | No | https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive |
| 5 | lemmy.world | 61,730 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy |
| 6 | rdrama․net | 75,130 | 2021 | No | https://fsdfsd.net/rDrama/rDrama |
| 7 | kbin.social | 105,689 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core |
| 8 | saidit.net | 220,133 | 2018 | No | https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit |
| 9 | poal.co | 231,261 | 2018 | No | proprietary |
| 10 | tildes.net | 493,740 | 2018 | No | https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes |
| 11 | squabblr.co | 516,934 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 12 | raddle.me | 796,285 | 2017 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 13 | voat.xyz | 1,204,754 | 2021 | No | proprietary |
| 14 | hubski.com | 1,304,408 | 2011 | No | proprietary |
| 15 | coracle.social | 1,389,291 | 2022 | Nostr | https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle |
| 16 | trustcafe.io | 1,446,134 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 17 | discuit.net | 1,882,415 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/discuitnet/discuit |
| 18 | satellite.earth | 4,485,119 | 2020 | Nostr | https://github.com/lovvtide/satellite-web |
| 19 | tipestry.com | 5,243,963 | 2017 | No | proprietary |
| 20 | commentcastles.org | 5,415,173 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/ferg1e/comment-castles |
| 21 | fedia.io | 5,451,480 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin |
| 22 | pcmemes.net | 6,242,852 | 2021 | No | https://pcmemes.net/site/source |
| 23 | phuks.co | 7,892,939 | 2016 | No | https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat |
| 24 | non.io | 8,229,285 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/jjcm/nonio |
| 25 | spyke.social | 9,106,256 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 26 | ramble.pw | 10,464,067 | 2020 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 27 | mainchan.com | 11,164,347 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 28 | arete.network | 11,175,406 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 29 | zsync.xyz | 11,545,448 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 30 | clubsall.com | 13,105,875 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 31 | rings.social | 14,354,478 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/rings-social |
| 32 | smashr.com | 15,710,742 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 33 | shpong.com | 15,794,136 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server |
| 34 | sociables.com | 17,901,959 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 35 | yunanimous.com | 18,384,998 | 2023 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 36 | narwhal.city | 20,067,436 | 2021 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/lotide-org/lotide |
| 37 | speakbits.com | 21,028,327 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 38 | headcycle.com | -- | 2016 | No | proprietary |
| 39 | flingup.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 40 | limereader.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 41 | comsta.net | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 42 | artram.app | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 43 | livefilter.com | -- | 2020 | No | proprietary |
| 44 | reclown.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 45 | klique.io | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 46 | plebbitapp.eth.limo | -- | 2023 | No | https://github.com/plebbit |
| 47 | matrix.gvid.tv | -- | 2021 | No | proprietary |
v1 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/15ll1gq/social_websites_with_nested_comments_uptodate_as
v2 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16cn4vc/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v2
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v4 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/17s6bms/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v4