In just five days, Bluesky has attracted five million new users. At the end of October, before the US election, the platform announced having almost 11 million users, whereas at the end of August it had only six million. — Photo by MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP
One man's loss is another man's gain, or so the saying goes. While a host of users, including celebrities, have announced their departure from the X social platform, many seem to have found refuge on Bluesky. The social network, founded by Twitter's co-founder and former CEO, recently announced that it had reached 20 million users.
Revenge is sweet for the Twitter co-founder and former CEO. The Bluesky platform founded by Jack Dorsey now boasts 20 million registered users, the company's CEO, Jay Graber, announced via his own Bluesky account on November 19: "Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now Also, we're hiring!"
The platform has seen a meteoric rise since Donald Trump won the US presidential election. From Lizzo to Alyssa Milano, Mark Hamill, Stephen King and Gabrielle Union, the list of celebrities who have joined the Bluesky social network is growing by the day. And Hollywood stars aren't the only ones to have deserted the ranks of X to join those of Jack Dorsey's new platform.
In just five days, Bluesky has attracted five million new users. At the end of October, before the US election, the platform announced having almost 11 million users, whereas at the end of August it had only six million.
Plenty of non-celebrity users have also left X, so much so that, according to Similarweb, 115,000 American users have deleted their accounts since the US election results – a record since Elon Musk took the helm of the American company.
A number of media outlets have quit X, announcing that they have stopped posting on the social network. The Guardian, the French publication Ouest France, and the Spanish daily La Vanguardia have announced that they will stop posting on the platform, denouncing it as a toxic environment conducive to misinformation, where the extreme right is gaining ground. Numerous studies have also demonstrated a rise in hate speech and abusive language, particularly on X.
Since then, more and more media outlets have opted to choose Bluesky for their communications, including CNN, The Washington Post, El Pais, Huff Post, Vanity Fair and Le Monde. It's a trend that's going from strength to strength, and one that should attract even more media outlets in the future. – AFP Relaxnews
