Bluesky gains 1 million users in one week, user count exceeds 14.8 million



On November 13, 2024, Bluesky reported that 'more than 1 million new users joined in one week.' The trend of increasing the number of Bluesky users has been intensifying since Donald Trump was elected in the US presidential election on November 5, 2024.

X rival Bluesky sees more than 700,000 new users after the US election | Mashable

https://mashable.com/article/bluesky-post-election-user-growth-elon-musk-x

Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/11/24293920/bluesky-700000-new-users-week-x-threads

Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election | Bluesky | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/12/us-election-bluesky-users-flee-x-twitter-trump-musk

On November 13, 2024, Bluesky said, 'Hello, and welcome to the 1 million people who joined Bluesky last week!', announcing that they had gained more than 1 million new users in a week.

hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!

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— Bluesky ( @bsky.app ) November 13, 2024 4:39



According to BskyStats , a website that tracks Bluesky sign-ups and posts, at the time of writing, Bluesky had a total of 14,808,948 users and more than 554 million posts.



In addition, Jaz, a member of the Bluesky development team and operator of BskyStats, reports that since the US presidential election on November 5, 2024, Bluesky has seen an influx of more than 100,000 new users every day.

So I guess we're just doin bigger numbers every day now.

This is pretty damn exciting and I'm glad y'all are here and justifying the time we spent investing in scaling.

Really feels special to see this 20% day over day growth in activity and the 'fresh of breath air' new users are experiencing.

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— Jaz ( @jaz.bsky.social ) November 13, 2024 3:45



Below is a graph showing the trend in the number of Bluesky users. The number of Bluesky users has been increasing steadily until now, but since November 7, 2024, the pace of increase in the number of users has been rapidly increasing.



Bluesky COO Rose Wang acknowledged that the majority of Bluesky's new users are from the United States. One of the reasons for this increase in the number of Bluesky users in the United States is said to be the close relationship between Trump, who won the US presidential election, and Elon Musk of X (formerly Twitter), and Musk, who contributed greatly to Trump's election victory, is expected to have a great influence in the Trump administration in the future.

What kind of benefits will Elon Musk, who supported Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, receive? - GIGAZINE



Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University pointed out that 'after January 2025, when X will be owned by Mr. Musk, a de facto member of the Trump administration, X's function as Trump's propaganda and far-right radicalization machine may accelerate.' In addition, social media researcher Axel Brands said, 'Bluesky serves as a refuge for people who want a social media experience that is free of the far-right activism, misinformation, hate speech, bots, and other harmful entities that Twitter once offered. The more liberal community seems to have fled from X and moved en masse to Bluesky.'

Bluesky spokesperson Emily Liu told multiple foreign media outlets, 'We're excited to welcome all these new users, from Taylor Swift fans to professional wrestlers and urban planners.' Regarding Taylor Swift, Trump caused controversy by posting 'AI-generated images that make it seem like Taylor Swift and her fans support Trump' on the social networking site 'Truth Social' owned by his own media company.

Donald Trump shares fake image created by generative AI claiming Taylor Swift is a Trump supporter - GIGAZINE

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