R/place

Reddit's April Fools project for 2017. Every Reddit user could change one pixel of a large grid at regular intervals.More information about r/place itself can be found here. This server got in early, and created artwork including More info on the unofficial Place wiki
 * "Homura Did Nothing Wrong"
 * Soul Gems and a Grief Seed
 * Pixel art of all the girls except Mami, who was constructed by /r/anime_irl

This led to a massive increase in server members, as seen below. The first graph shows the amount of unique daily visitors to the discord server - as you can see on the 1st, 2nd and especially during the 3rd of April there was a massive spike in visitors. While the figures quickly decayed after r/place was finished, the number of unique visitors still averaged an increase of about ~75%.



This next graph shows the number of daily messages across the server. This amount increases over time, and unlike the unique daily visitors, these values are not as influenced by the event. This likely means that the server is naturally very active even when others may be quiet.