Sites are ordered by global Similarweb rank as of 2024-02-07
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 | 2,238 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 3 | scored.co | 33,555 | 2019 | No | proprietary |
| 4 | lemmy.world | 55,432 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy |
| 5 | hive.blog | 66,439 | 2020 | No | https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive |
| 6 | peakd.com | 67,716 | 2020 | No | proprietary |
| 7 | rdrama․net | 106,123 | 2021 | No | https://fsdfsd.net/rDrama/rDrama |
| 8 | kbin.social | 116,613 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core |
| 9 | saidit.net | 237,411 | 2018 | No | https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit |
| 10 | tildes.net | 355,656 | 2018 | No | https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes |
| 11 | poal.co | 370,363 | 2018 | No | proprietary |
| 12 | voat.xyz | 468,961 | 2021 | No | proprietary |
| 13 | raddle.me | 750,789 | 2017 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 14 | trustcafe.io | 1,113,642 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 15 | coracle.social | 1,300,680 | 2022 | Nostr | https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle |
| 16 | hubski.com | 1,729,443 | 2011 | No | proprietary |
| 17 | squabblr.co | 1,873,619 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 18 | piefed.social | 2,651,664 | 2024 | ActivityPub | https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi |
| 19 | ramble.pw | 2,755,666 | 2020 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 20 | discuit.net | 2,774,870 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/discuitnet/discuit |
| 21 | satellite.earth | 5,074,453 | 2020 | Nostr | https://github.com/lovvtide/satellite-web |
| 22 | tipestry.com | 5,365,584 | 2017 | No | proprietary |
| 23 | arete.network | 5,826,408 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 24 | fedia.io | 6,464,455 | 2023 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin |
| 25 | pcmemes.net | 6,529,803 | 2021 | No | https://pcmemes.net/site/source |
| 26 | non.io | 7,756,857 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/jjcm/nonio |
| 27 | spyke.social | 9,035,768 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 28 | phuks.co | 9,961,593 | 2016 | No | https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat |
| 29 | speakbits.com | 10,709,449 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 30 | headcycle.com | 11,512,818 | 2016 | No | proprietary |
| 31 | commentcastles.org | 12,313,956 | 2023 | No | https://github.com/ferg1e/comment-castles |
| 32 | zsync.xyz | 13,122,595 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 33 | reclown.com | 14,474,499 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 34 | smashr.com | 14,973,937 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 35 | livefilter.com | 16,494,556 | 2020 | No | proprietary |
| 36 | sociables.com | 18,804,709 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 37 | limereader.com | 19,546,949 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 38 | comsta.net | 20,294,813 | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 39 | narwhal.city | 20,295,112 | 2021 | ActivityPub | https://github.com/lotide-org/lotide |
| 40 | mainchan.com | 21,044,325 | 2022 | No | proprietary |
| 41 | artram.app | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 42 | flingup.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 43 | clubsall.com | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 44 | shpong.com | -- | 2023 | No | https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server |
| 45 | yunanimous.com | -- | 2023 | No | https://gitlab.com/postmill/Postmill |
| 46 | klique.io | -- | 2023 | No | proprietary |
| 47 | seedit.netlify.app | -- | 2023 | No | https://github.com/plebbit/seedit |
| 48 | matrix.gvid.tv | -- | 2021 | No | proprietary |
v1 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/15ll1gq/social_websites_with_nested_comments
v2 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16cn4vc/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v2
v3 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/174sybt/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v3
v4 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/17s6bms/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v4
v5 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/18ies82/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v5
v6 here: https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/193oczs/social_websites_with_nested_comments_v6/