Here is a comparison of what i can see on pixelfed from pixelfed.social and from mastodon from mastodon.social. Plus a hand count of pixelfed's numbers (because its not in a pillar, its easier to count and verify).
I used #3DPrinting hashtags for this because its an example of something that is not immediately obvious of what hashtag you should use.
I didn't feel like hand counting mastodon's results; to verify if it was also inaccurate I loaded up the #3DPrinted tag on jade.moe (my community). Mastodon underreports how many posts are there are. Not sure if the deflated count behavior also exists on large communities but as an educated guess, its probably inaccurate.
Lessons learned
numbers reported at the top of pixelfed are inflated
numbers are deflated on small mastodon communities
Recommendations
I recommend if you have an account on a megacommunity like mas.to or mstdn.social to use that account when gauging hashtags what hashtag to use, even if you prefer posting in a different community. Cross referencing might also be helpful if you have an account on a large, not mastodon-based community.
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