this is similar to asking how many users are using email or how many people browse the web. we really don't have an accurate count for those. we can have educated guesses and estimates though. nostr is no different here.
According to nostr.band, Nostr consists of the following:
Pubkeys: 35,067,097
Users: 1,067,394
Trusted users: 188,773
you can learn more about nostr.band's trust rank here: https://trust.nostr.band/
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Actually, I know this but hearing you compare Nostr to email or web users landed it much better 😝
Great! I use this comparison in all of my talks when describing Nostr!
Same and it really helps explain clients to people. But what is Damus vs. Primal, etc.
So I self host my email and use outlook right?
Yes.
And you use Gmail right?
Yes
What does your best friend use?
Proton Mail
Great and we all can email each other right. Email is a protocol and Outlook, Gmail and Proton are all just clients.
Thinking, thinking thinking 💡 oh!
Great analogy
I've seen folks mention this before, but what qualifies as a "trusted" user?
I have this account and a test user account. Are both my accounts seen as trusted users?
A bit flawed. Hard to know the truth but Nostr is definitely the future.
If you use them both then yes. I have half a dozen npubs that I use but I'm only one person.
What is a “trusted” user?
Follow the attached link. It’s basically a known user that isn’t a bot or a spammer.
When you point this out, it just makes artificially inflated central platforms look so cringy…. So you’re telling me Joe Schmo influencer has more followers than all of nostr has trusted users 😂 this shit is insane
