I think it’s a bit silly to use Lemmy.world data as reasoning to move off of Lemmy.ml. Lemmy.world is also controversial, and has its own set of biases, and as such you aren’t going to get consistent data either way. Additionally, by asking on Lemmy.world, you cut off lots of people from answering, like those on Hexbear or Lemmygrad.

It’s like depending on tea lovers for opinions on coffee, but cutting out a lot of coffee lovers from voicing their opinions on it.