X rival Bluesky sees more than 700,000 new users after the U.S. election

Typically, after a presidential election in the U.S., search queries about leaving the country spike as supporters of the losing candidate consider what to do next.While physically moving out of the country may be a bit complicated, finding a new social media home is a much simpler task. And it appears that hundreds of thousands of people have decided to flee Elon Musk’s X in the wake of the U.S. election results.According to Bsky Stats, a website that tracks Bluesky signups, posts, and other analytics, the platform now has more than 14.6 million users. Bluesky user Jaz, who runs the stats website, says that Bluesky has seen more than 100,000 new user signups every day since the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 5th. If you’re wondering how things have been going at the Posting Factory Over 100k new users per day since November 5th and no sign of slowing. ~10M follows per day (+400%) ~18M likes per day (+46%) ~3M posts per day (+30%) Firehose traffic regularly over 500 evt/sec for most of the day now.[image or embed]— Jaz (@jaz.bsky.social) November 10, 2024 at 3:08 PM Bluesky has officially confirmed to outlets like The Guardian and The Verge that the platform has seen more than 700,000 new signups in the past week.Bluesky continues to growBluesky has quickly become the alternative social media platform of choice for users looking to flee Elon Musk’s X. While Meta’s Threads still leads among X alternatives with 275 million users, much of that user base…X rival Bluesky sees more than 700,000 new users after the U.S. election