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 | 16 | 2005 | No | proprietary |
| 2 | disqus.com/channels | 2,430 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 3 | scored.co | 29,465 | 2019 | No | proprietary |
| 4 | lemmy.world | 65,182 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy |
| 5 | hive.blog | 72,501 | 2020 | No | https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive |
| 6 | rdrama․net | 96,590 | 2021 | No | https://fsdfsd.net/rDrama/rDrama |
| 7 | kbin.social | 106,016 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core |
| 8 | saidit.net | 251,579 | 2018 | No | https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit |
| 9 | poal.co | 303,712 | 2018 | No | proprietary |
| 10 | tildes.net | 428,619 | 2018 | No | https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes |
| 11 | trustcafe.io | 755,346 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 12 | raddle.me | 959,249 | 2017 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 13 | ramble.pw | 1,046,551 | 2020 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 14 | hubski.com | 1,280,825 | 2011 | No | proprietary |
| 15 | coracle.social | 1,661,063 | 2022 | Nostr | https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle |
| 16 | discuit.net | 1,753,423 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/discuitnet/discuit |
| 17 | squabblr.co | 1,805,363 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 18 | voat.xyz | 2,470,484 | 2021 | No | proprietary |
| 19 | arete.network | 2,545,556 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 20 | fedia.io | 5,135,323 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin |
| 21 | headcycle.com | 5,302,487 | 2016 | No | proprietary |
| 22 | satellite.earth | 5,371,035 | 2020 | Nostr | https://github.com/lovvtide/satellite-web |
| 23 | tipestry.com | 5,791,224 | 2017 | No | proprietary |
| 24 | pcmemes.net | 6,871,809 | 2021 | No | https://pcmemes.net/site/source |
| 25 | phuks.co | 7,752,880 | 2016 | No | https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat |
| 26 | mainchan.com | 9,780,741 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 27 | zsync.xyz | 13,012,393 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 28 | spyke.social | 13,649,027 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 29 | artram.app | 15,383,701 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 30 | reclown.com | 15,383,702 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 31 | sociables.com | 15,383,703 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 32 | flingup.com | 16,081,241 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 33 | commentcastles.org | 17,248,808 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/ferg1e/comment-castles |
| 34 | livefilter.com | 17,248,823 | 2020 | No | proprietary |
| 35 | limereader.com | 18,720,270 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 36 | non.io | -- | 2023 | No | https://github.com/jjcm/nonio |
| 37 | clubsall.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 38 | smashr.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 39 | shpong.com | -- | 2023 | No | https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server |
| 40 | yunanimous.com | -- | 2023 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 41 | narwhal.city | -- | 2021 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/lotide-org/lotide |
| 42 | speakbits.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 43 | comsta.net | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 44 | klique.io | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 45 | seedit.netlify.app | -- | 2023 | No | https://github.com/plebbit/seedit |
| 46 | matrix.gvid.tv | -- | 2021 | No | proprietary |
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v2 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16cn4vc/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v2
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v5 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/18ies82/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v5