How much of Mastodon is AI-generated?
of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average
As of 2026-10-10, 5.7% of content sampled from Mastodon was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 11,730 classified items).
- Sample: 11,730 classified items (cumulative, whole platform). The rate is the 30-day, volume-weighted average — the same figure shown on the dashboard and the per-platform badge.
- Versus the internet-wide rate: Dead Internet Monitor's all-source 30-day AI rate is 13.8%. Mastodon runs 0.4× that rate — at or below the internet-wide baseline.
- Excluding automated moderation: 5.7% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
- Excluding org-handle syndication: 5.7% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
- Dead Internet Index: 3.1.
30-day trajectory
Over the last 30 days, Mastodon's 30-day rolling AI rate rose from 4.1% to 5.7% (+1.5pp).
30-day rolling AI rate, last 5 days. Pull the series from the open data API.
Communities within Mastodon
The 3 communities tracked on this platform, ranked by 30-day AI rate. Each links to its full evidence record — trend, sample size, and methodology.
- mastodon/fosstodon.org — 6.3%
- mastodon/hachyderm.io — 5.5%
- mastodon/infosec.exchange — 5.2%
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How this is measured
Each item collected from Mastodon is classified by an LLM as AI-generated, human, or uncertain. The headline figure is the 30-day, volume-weighted share classified AI-generated — high-volume days count proportionally more. Read the full methodology, explore every community on the dashboard, or pull the underlying data from the open data API (CC BY 4.0).