Few people aware of Twitter alternative Mastodon, survey finds

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s US$44bil purchase of Twitter has sparked talk of an exodus of users. And yet few appear to be aware of the biggest Twitter alternative. — ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

BERLIN: Twitter users may be waiting with bated breath to find out exactly what the platform’s new owner Elon Musk has in store for it, and yet the vast majority are unaware of the budding rival Mastodon, according to a recent survey in Germany.

Some 80% of people in Germany have never heard of the decentralised and ad-free network, according to a representative survey by the market research institute YouGov, published at the end of October.