Mastodon and the emergence of the federated social web (2016–2023)

1. Mastodon project begins public development

   Mar 16, 2016Labels: Eugen Rochko, Mastodon

   • Wikipedia
   • Mastodon About

2. Mastodon first public launch on Hacker News

   Oct 5, 2016Labels: Hacker News, Mastodon

   • Wikipedia

3. Mastodon 1.0 stable release

   Feb 5, 2017Labels: Mastodon, Software Release

   • endoflife date

4. Media coverage drives early Mastodon growth

   Apr 1, 2017Labels: Media Coverage

   • Mastodon About
   • Wikipedia

5. Pixiv launches Pawoo Mastodon instance

   Apr 1, 2017Labels: Pixiv, Pawoo

   • Pixiv Wikipedia
   • Zuckerman

6. Mastodon 2.0 major release

   Oct 18, 2017Labels: Mastodon, Software Release

   • endoflife date

7. ActivityPub becomes W3C Recommendation

   Jan 23, 2018Labels: ActivityPub, W3C

   • W3C News
   • W3C History

8. Mastodon 2.5 marks 100th release milestone

   Sep 5, 2018Labels: Mastodon, Release Milestone

   • Wikipedia

9. Mastodon 3.0 introduces trending features

   Oct 3, 2019Labels: Mastodon, Trending Hashtags

   • Mastodon Blog
   • endoflife date

10. Official Mastodon iOS app released

    Jul 30, 2021Labels: Mastodon, iOS App

    • Wikipedia

11. Mastodon incorporated as Mastodon gGmbH

    Aug 1, 2021Labels: Mastodon gGmbH, Eugen Rochko

    • Eugen Rochko
    • Mastodon About

12. Twitter acquisition announcement triggers Mastodon interest

    Apr 25, 2022Labels: Twitter, Mastodon

    • Wikipedia

13. EDPS launches EU Voice Mastodon pilot

    Apr 28, 2022Labels: EDPS, EU Voice

    • EDPS
    • Wikipedia

14. Mastodon 4.0 released amid migration wave

    Nov 14, 2022Labels: Mastodon, Software Release

    • endoflife date
    • Wikipedia

15. Mastodon passes 10 million registered accounts

    Mar 19, 2023Labels: Mastodon, User Milestone

    • Wikipedia

16. Founder reports monthly active users rising again

    Jul 22, 2023Labels: Eugen Rochko, Mastodon

    • Wikipedia