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I tried so hard to get into Bookwyrm and joined several instances but it really holds no candle to Goodreads in terms of number of users. A single book that is not even that popular will often have hundreds or thousands of reviews on Goodreads. Like this book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42863088
vs
https://bookwyrm.social/book/629446/s/mathematics-for-human-flourishing
I think that a lot of book nerds have been using Goodreads for years and are unaware and not looking for of fedi alternatives.
Well yeah, what did you expect? The fediverse is brand new while goodreads is at least 15 years old (without looking it up). I have people from high school on my friends list there and I’m in my late 30s.
It goes without saying that they have more users and therefore more reviews. That stuff doesn’t happen overnight.