Meanwhile DeviantArt's traffic dropped about 2 months before you say this. Plus the funding will go through the floor since they're getting rid of 3rd party ads as well as the fact that most of us hate this site because they support bullying. Even their most popular users are bullies.
It's dying. (Actually, it's dead to begin with.)
That doesn't mean it's alive.
Actually, most former Tumblr users still refuse to return to DeviantArt because they know how bad its reputation is. Hate art is apparently classified as parody art now, art thieves and bullies are praised, people defy the anti-porn rule, predators hunt down minors on this site, nobody wants to join a site like this. At least I hope no one would want to.
It's dead.