FIDE and Lichess ratings are more or less similar. I believe top Lichess players use certain things to have their Elo sky-rocket. Random players should have been chosen to make correlations, not the top Lichess players, and not the players with vested interest in beefed up ratings. At the very top, some players are afraid to beat famous ...
How do FIDE rated players perform on lichess? - Chess Stack Exchange
I occasionally play lichess anonymously to just hang out without having to worry about winning and tarnishing my record, however I am bad at guessing players' elo.
So I usually play on Lichess now a days while my friend plays on Chess.com. He keeps telling me that Chess.com is harder and has more players and more serious players, therefore the games are harde...