X competitor Bluesky sees more than 700,000 new users after US election

Often, after a US presidential election, search queries about leaving the country increase as supporters of the losing candidate consider what to do next.

Although moving abroad can be difficult, finding a new social home is a much easier task. And it seems that hundreds of thousands of people have decided to flee Elon Musk’s X after the results of the American election.

In accordance with Bsky statisticsa website that tracks Bluesky registrations, submissions, and other analytics, the platform now has more than 14.6 million users. Bluesky user Jazzwho runs the statistics website, says Bluesky has seen the registration of more than 100,000 new users every day since the US presidential election on November 5.

Bluesky has officially confirmed to stores like The guard again The Verge that the platform saw more than 700,000 new registrations last week.

Bluesky continues to grow

Bluesky has quickly become the alternative social media of choice for users looking to escape Elon Musk’s X. Although Meta’s Threads is still the leader among the X options with 275 million users, a large part of that user base is due to the platform’s close integration with Instagram. Bluesky is not backed by any Big Tech company, yet it has managed to grow organically. It is currently ranked as the third most popular microblogging platform, after X and Threads.

Bluesky’s growth appears to be directly linked to the decisions Musk has made regarding X.

In September, millions of users in Brazil they flocked to Bluesky after the country’s Supreme Court banned X due to Musk’s refusal to follow Brazilian law. UX has played football and paid a heavy fine, which resulted in the stadium being banned. However, Bluesky was able to enjoy a 50 percent growth in its user base due to the difficulties.

Just last month, Bluesky noticed another explosion in user growth after X officially announced that it is changing the way the block function works on its platform. Within 24 hours of X’s announcement, more than 500,000 new users joined Bluesky.

Social media researcher Axel Bruns speculates that Bluesky’s user growth is due to X users seeking refuge in a new social media environment “without all the remote activists, misinformation, hate speech, bots and everything else.” He added that the liberal side of the Twitter community has escaped and moved “en masse” to Bluesky.

Musk was a key supporter of Donald Trump’s campaign. Although Bluesky’s recent user growth is less than previous increases – such as when Brazil banned X or when X changed its blocking feature – the stage may continue to grow as Musk is expected to be a powerful figure in the Trump administration.