Data

Farcaster

FC Protocol Stats (March vs April): 

March Total Casts: 8,720,781 
April Total Casts: 35,916,189
Growth: 311.76%

March Active Users: 103,933
April Active Users: 142,257
Growth: 36.91%

Data via farcasterinsights.com

FC Top 30 Active Users (March vs April) 

I don't enjoy saying this, but there's a significant amount of spam and bots inflating the protocol stats. Don't take my word for it, examine the data. Perhaps we should start saying active "accounts" rather than "users."

raw activity counts will always be higher for bots, that’s kind of the point of permissions protocols (and some bots can actually be useful). It’s the same on HTTP and SMTP

If measuring just absolute activity, “accounts” is the right way to think about it

building farcaster infra @ /neynar 🪐 | casting @ /rish

There is a difference between useful bots and CIB (coordinated inauthentic behavior) by accounts who are only here to farm memecoins. The incentives are what drive new users/accounts and they also determine their behaviour once they have joined.

But no one is sharing user level stats that don't include bots/CIB accounts. I refuse to cheerlead inflated protocol stats, without disclosing the difference between users and accounts.

Ofc that’s why raw activity numbers are account level, not user level

Degen

Happy airdrop day 🎩  
Prompted by @artlu, I compared the /bot-or-not status of the 22k disqualified FIDs to the top 500 degen earning FIDs.

80% of the top 500 had been checked via Bot or Not
Not a single "Good Caster" in sample from DQs
More builders in the top 500
More low effort and bots in DQs

Here’s a fun analysis I did for distribution of bot-like behavior among the degen population

Creating content with code: @livecaster @harmonybot /bot-or-not | /blitkin | /orange-dao | IRL: YC W15 Construction tech founder

So you are saying degen tips have been earned mostly by good casters? Im curious what "Bot or Not" will say if you looked at the 4000+ users who have the power badge. I did a manual check, and saw lots of spam/farming from users who have the badge.

Here’s a fun analysis I did for distribution of bot-like behavior among the degen population

https://warpcast.com/sayangel/0x807946b0