"As of February 2025, Bluesky has surpassed 30 million users. Its growth stems from several policy changes at X, including a heavily criticized change to the block feature and allowing third party companies to train their AI on users' posts, which helped the app soar to the top of the U.S. App Store. Bluesky also saw a big boost following the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election (which also contributed to an X exodus by Taylor Swift fans)."
"Bluesky is a decentralized social app conceptualized by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and developed in parallel with Twitter. The social network has a Twitter-like user interface with algorithmic choice, a federated design and community-specific moderation. Bluesky is using an open source framework built in-house, the AT Protocol, meaning people outside of the company have transparency into how it is built and what is being developed."
Bluesky surpassed 30 million users by February 2025, driven by user migration after policy changes at X and events surrounding the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The platform offers a Twitter-like interface with algorithmic choice, a federated design, and community-specific moderation. Bluesky uses an open-source, in-house AT Protocol, providing external transparency into development. Rapid growth followed X decisions including a controversial block feature change and permitting third-party AI training on user posts. Growth has since slowed, and Bluesky remains far smaller than Meta's Threads, which reported about 275 million monthly active users.
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