❯ git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-stats-crawler
❯ cd lemmy-stats-crawler
❯ cargo run -- --json > stats.json
❯ python instance_analysis.py
Enter the instance to find blocking instances: lemmy.fmhy.ml

Instances blocking lemmy.fmhy.ml :
feddit.de (642 users/day, 1317 users/week, 1397 users/month, 1441 users/half_year)
civilloquy.com (1 users/day, 1 users/week, 2 users/month, 2 users/half_year)
thesimplecorner.org (1 users/day, 1 users/week, 1 users/month, 1 users/half_year)

Total users from blocking instances:
644 users/day
1319 users/week
1400 users/month
1444 users/half_year

Instances blocked by lemmy.fmhy.ml :
lemmygrad.ml (198 users/day, 388 users/week, 481 users/month, 726 users/half_year)

Total users from blocked instances:
198 users/day
388 users/week
481 users/month
726 users/half_year

instance_analysis.py

import json

with open("stats.json", "r") as file:
    data = json.load(file)

def find_blocking_instances(target_instance, data):
    blocking_instances = []
    blocked_instances = []

    for instance in data["instance_details"]:
        federated_instances = instance["site_info"]["federated_instances"]
        if federated_instances is not None:
            if target_instance in (federated_instances.get("blocked") or []):
                blocking_instances.append(instance["domain"])
            if instance["domain"] == target_instance:
                blocked_instances.extend(federated_instances.get("blocked") or [])

    return blocking_instances, blocked_instances

def get_instance_user_counts(instance):
    counts = instance["site_info"]["site_view"]["counts"]
    return {
        "users_active_day": counts["users_active_day"],
        "users_active_week": counts["users_active_week"],
        "users_active_month": counts["users_active_month"],
        "users_active_half_year": counts["users_active_half_year"],
    }

def print_instance_activity(instance):
    domain = instance["domain"]
    counts = instance["site_info"]["site_view"]["counts"]

    print(f"{domain} ({counts['users_active_day']} users/day, {counts['users_active_week']} users/week, {counts['users_active_month']} users/month, {counts['users_active_half_year']} users/half_year)")

total_blocking_users = {
    "users_active_day": 0,
    "users_active_week": 0,
    "users_active_month": 0,
    "users_active_half_year": 0,
}

total_blocked_users = {
    "users_active_day": 0,
    "users_active_week": 0,
    "users_active_month": 0,
    "users_active_half_year": 0,
}

user_input = input("Enter the instance to find blocking instances: ")
blocking_instances, blocked_instances = find_blocking_instances(user_input, data)

print("\nInstances blocking", user_input, ":")
for domain in blocking_instances:
    for instance in data["instance_details"]:
        if instance["domain"] == domain:
            print_instance_activity(instance)
            user_counts = get_instance_user_counts(instance)
            for key in total_blocking_users:
                total_blocking_users[key] += user_counts[key]

print("\nTotal users from blocking instances:")
print(f"{total_blocking_users['users_active_day']} users/day")
print(f"{total_blocking_users['users_active_week']} users/week")
print(f"{total_blocking_users['users_active_month']} users/month")
print(f"{total_blocking_users['users_active_half_year']} users/half_year")

print("\nInstances blocked by", user_input, ":")
for domain in blocked_instances:
    for instance in data["instance_details"]:
        if instance["domain"] == domain:
            print_instance_activity(instance)
            user_counts = get_instance_user_counts(instance)
            for key in total_blocked_users:
                total_blocked_users[key] += user_counts[key]

print("\nTotal users from blocked instances:")
print(f"{total_blocked_users['users_active_day']} users/day")
print(f"{total_blocked_users['users_active_week']} users/week")
print(f"{total_blocked_users['users_active_month']} users/month")
print(f"{total_blocked_users['users_active_half_year']} users/half_year")