Nov 19, 2024 12:40:00

Bluesky's user base is growing at a rate of over 1 million per day

It has become clear that the number of Bluesky users has increased by more than 1 million for two consecutive days. Along with this, the number of posts also continues to increase.

Stats for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

The number of Bluesky users tends to surge when an event occurs that shakes up X as a whole. In the past, the number of new registrations has increased in response to events such as ' X being banned in Brazil ' and ' X changing its blocking specifications .' Recently, the number of users entering Bluesky has increased due to the results of the US presidential election, which has made it clear that Elon Musk's influence will increase, and the fact that X's terms of use state that 'posts will be used for AI training.'

Bluesky has gained 1 million users in one week, the number of users has exceeded 14.8 million - GIGAZINE

Previously, the boom in new Bluesky registrations had been at a scale of around 'one million in a week' and had subsided in a short period of time. However, this time, the rate of increase in users has not slowed down but has been gradually increasing, and on November 17, 2024, it was revealed that 'the number of users increased by 1 million in one day, exceeding 18 million.'

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔ 18M friends 🙂‍↕
— Bluesky (@bsky.app) 2024-11-16T20:43:49.836Z

Furthermore, on the following day, November 18, 2024, the number of users increased by 1 million to reach 19 million.

me watching Bluesky's user count grow by another million in a day

hello and welcome to all 19M of you! 🥳
— Bluesky (@bsky.app) 2024-11-18T02:51:26.625Z

According to a Bluesky-related data site published by Jaz , a member of the Bluesky development team, the number of Bluesky users is over 19.76 million at the time of writing. If it continues to grow at this rate, it is likely to exceed 20 million by the end of today.

The trend of the 'number of posts per day' for Bluesky as a whole looks like this. As the number of users increases, the number of posts also increases, and it can be seen that more than 1.2 million posts are published per day.