The number of downloads of “Bluesky”, a leading candidate for switching to Twitter, in April 2023 was 628,000, an increase of 606%, while the number of Twitter downloads also increased slightly.

Distributed SNS ' Bluesky ' that can be used with a similar operation feeling to Twitter is attracting attention as a candidate for switching from Twitter. It became clear that such a Bluesky smartphone application was downloaded more than 620,000 times in April 2023 alone.

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In mainstream SNS such as Twitter and Facebook, user data is managed by a single company, and it is basically impossible to switch to another SNS while maintaining posted content and follow information. On the other hand, Bluesky adopts a distributed SNS protocol ' AT Protocol ' that allows users to manage user data themselves, and users can freely switch between SNSs using AT Protocol while maintaining user data. The mechanism of AT Protocol is explained in the following article.

What is the distributed SNS protocol 'AT Protocol' used by the attention SNS 'Bluesky'? -GIGAZINE

Bluesky resembles Twitter in appearance and operation, and people who are familiar with Twitter can make a smooth transition. For this reason, Bluesky is attracting attention as a candidate for switching users who feel uneasy about Twitter's service continuation. In fact, when the Twitter icon changed from a blue bird to a Shiba Inu, the number of accesses to an article reporting the release of the Bluesky iOS app exploded. Articles reporting the release of the Android version of the app and review articles have also recorded an astonishing number of accesses, indicating that the app is attracting a great deal of attention in Japan as well.

'Bluesky' account creation procedure & review like this when actually using it, it's very similar to Twitter, so it's pretty ant as a transfer / moving destination - GIGAZINE

According to information from the research company Sensor Tower, the number of downloads of the Bluesky app in April 2023 increased by 606% from March 2023, reaching 628,000. However, at the time of writing the article, an invitation code is required for Bluesky account registration, so it is believed that there is a large difference between the number of app downloads and the number of users.

According to Sensor Tower, the number of downloads in April 2023 for SNS `` Mastodon '', which uses a distributed protocol like Bluesky, was 90,000. In addition, the number of Twitter downloads in the same month was 14.9 million, an increase of 2% from March 2023.

At the time of writing the article, an invitation code is required for Bluesky account registration, but since the invitation code is regularly distributed to existing users, the number of users should continue to increase gradually.