Bluesky has 20 Million users as of November 2024
Bluesky’s users have been increasing since the platform ended its one-year invite-only beta back in February 2024.
In February 2024, Bluesky crossed 5 million users. As of November, the app has 20 million users. 8 million users came in 2024 alone.
Bluesky now has 13M+ users, the @atproto.com developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped features like DMs and video!
We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised a $15M Series A to continue growing the community, investing in Trust and Safety, and supporting the dev ecosystem.
— Bluesky (@bsky.app) October 24, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Most Bluesky users came in during the months leading up to the US elections
Since Elon Musk started supporting Donald Trump, many people have been leaving 𝕏/Twitter and joined Bluesky.
Also, Bluesky saw a surge of new users when 𝕏/Twitter was banned in Brazil
There are 543+ million posts created on Bluesky
Bluesky users have created more than 543+ million posts on the platform.
The Bluesky app has more than 5 million downloads on Google Play Store
The most followed account on Bluesky is Bluesky
It comes as no surprise that the most followed account on Bluesky is Bluesky itself with 8+ million followers.
This is partly because every new account created automatically follows the Bluesky account.
Also, Bluesky’s account is the only account that has more than a million followers.
Other accounts with the highest number of followers are Poptime with 396K followers and New York Times with 320K followers
50th percentile of all Bluesky users have no more than 1 follower
Since Bluesky is fairly new, many people don’t have followers yet. 50% of all Bluesky users have only 1 follower.
Only influencers who bring their followers from other platforms have a decent amount of following.
Only 0.3% of Bluesky users have crossed 1000 followers and only 0.01% have crossed 10K followers.
Bluesky has raised 15 Million in Series A funding
Bluesky has raised 15 Million to grow the platform. New features such as DMs and Video features have been built since their last round of funding.
Brazil is the country with the largest number of Bluesky users contributing to 37% of all Bluesky traffic
Since Brazil banned 𝕏/Twitter, Bluesky got a lot of users from Brazil and currently, Brazil contributes to 37.7% of Bluesky’s traffic.
| Rank | Country | Traffic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 37.70% |
| 2 | United States | 25.62% |
| 3 | Japan | 8.65% |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 3.77% |
| 5 | Germany | 2.95% |
Most of Bluesky’s social media traffic comes from 𝕏/Twitter making up 64.6%
This comes as a surprise that the social media that refers to Bluesky a lot is 𝕏/Twitter.
Bluesky User Demographics
Statistics show that 63% of Bluesky users are male while 36% are female
Like its competitor, 𝕏/Twitter, Bluesky has more male users than female users and a large gender gap.
Male users make up 63.7% while female users only make up 36.2%.
This is similar to 𝕏/Twitter where male users make up 60.9% percent while female users make up 39.1%
The age between 18-24 make up the largest number of visits to Bluesky
The age gap between 18-24 makes up 42% of Bluesky’s traffic followed by 25 – 34 who make up 27%.
Combined, these two age groups comprise 69% of the web traffic.
The average user spend 1 minute and 24 seconds on Bluesky
Bluesky FAQs
What is Bluesky?
Bluesky is a decentralized, text-based social media platform that was started by Twitter back when Jack Dorsey was still the CEO and it works similar to how 𝕏/Twitter works.
What is the difference between Bluesky and 𝕏/Twitter?
The main difference between Bluesky and 𝕏/Twitter or other platforms is that Bluesky is decentralized, meaning that Bluesky doesn’t run on a single centralized server. Instead, it runs on different servers.
This means that Bluesky isn’t controlled by a single person or company. Instead, it is controlled by many people collectively.
How to join Bluesky?
Joining Bluesky is as easy as joining any other platform. Head over to bsky.app, click on Sign up and proceed with the steps.
Bluesky is no longer in beta so you don’t need an invite key.
Who is the CEO of Bluesky?
Bluesky’s CEO is Jay Graber.
Who started Bluesky?
Bluesky was started as a project by Twitter’s founder Jack Dorsey to build an open and decentralized social media platform.
Twitter entered into an agreement with Bluesky and it paid service income to Bluesky to develop an open social protocol for public conversation.
How many users does Bluesky have?
Currently, Bluesky has more than 20 million (20,000,000) users.
