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It now has 14.5 million users in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company, which started as a project within Twitter in 2019 before going independent in 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.social\/about\/blog\/10-24-2024-series-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> on October 24 that it reached 13 million users. Another 700,000 people signed up in the week of the U.S. election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Monday night, Bluesky had more than 14.5 million users, though it&#8217;s unclear how many of them use the app on a regular basis. 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Several others have failed, including <a href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutting-down\/\">Post News<\/a> and Pebble (previously T2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluesky, a popular alternative to the social networking website formerly known as Twitter, gained more than 700,000 new users in the week of the U.S. election, according to the company. It now has 14.5 million users in total. 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