Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. election.
Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. presidential election.
The startup's influx of users underscore how the app has been able to pitch itself as an alternative to rivals X, which is owned by Elon Musk, and Meta's Threads.Micro-blogging startup Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. presidential election.
"We're excited to welcome everyone looking for a better social media experience," Bluesky CEO Jay Graber told CNBC in a statement.Despite the surge of users, Bluesky's total base remains a fraction of its rivals'. The Seattle startup claims 15.2 million total users. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerbergthat X had 600 million monthly users, but market intelligence firm Sensor Tower pegged X's monthly base at 318 million users in October.
"Journalists, politicians, and news junkies have also been talking up Bluesky as a better X alternative than Threads," wrote Similarweb, the internet traffic and monitoring service, in Some users with new Bluesky accounts posted that they had moved to the service due to Musk and his support for President-elect Donald Trump.
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