Bluesky, an alternative to the social networking website previously known as Twitter, has reached 30 million registered users, according to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bluesky has experienced a surge in interest in the wake of last year’s presidential election in the U.S., although it’s still relatively small when compared to Twitter\/X and Meta’s Threads, both of which have hundreds of millions of active users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bluesky’s 30 millionth user signed up at 11:21 p.m. ET on Tuesday, according to the company. It’s unclear how many of those are actively using the app but data from one tracker<\/a> showed at least 2 million accounts liked a post on Tuesday alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bluesky started out as a project within Twitter in 2019 and went independent in 2021. Billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s takeover of Twitter in October 2022 caused increasing interest in Bluesky, eventually leading to a massive surge in signups after last year’s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Musk has become an increasingly close ally of President Donald Trump, which has pushed X users on the left towards sites like Bluesky and Threads. X under Musk has also been criticized for enabling the spread of harmful content, including misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bluesky reached 7 million users in September, 13 million in October, 20 million<\/a> in November and 25 million in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chief Operating Officer Rose Wang told Bloomberg last month that the company isn’t a U.S.-centric or left-leaning app. “We\u2019re not building an app for one voice or one political viewpoint,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!
[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>— Bluesky (@bsky.app<\/a>) January 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM<\/a><\/blockquote>