share 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Yet another challenger is due to leave its mark on the ever-growing social media space. Short-form posting platform Bluesky , a popular alternative to X / Twitter, has crossed the 15 million user mark as of today, with user sign-ups surging in the wake of the dismal outcome of the U.S.
presidential election. The figures come by the way of a stat-tracking website by app developer Jaz, which recorded one million new users in the last week. It currently tops the iOS App Store chart in the U.
S., beating out Threads, ChatGPT, Google, and TikTok. Still, it’s still a ways off Threads – the Meta-owned platform recently hit 275 million monthly active users recently and is receiving one million sign-ups per day.
Developed in parallel with X/Twitter by former CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was made public earlier in February after being invite-only for nearly a year. It features a Twitter-like design with algorithmic feeds that can be curated by users, alongside the standard “Discover” and “Popular with Friends” ones, and community-specific moderation. Advertisement ▼ Recent new additions to the app include video posting, pinned posts and custom fonts, as well as a series of “anti-toxicity” measures.
It’s likely that its popularity will continue to rise, as X/Twitter has been introducing elements that haven’t sat well with users, such as allowing accounts to view posts from users who blocked them and giving permission to third-party companies to train.