Threads, Bluesky See Influx of Users After Trump’s Election Win
Threads and Bluesky, rival social networks that look a lot like Elon Musk’s X, have seen an influx of new users since election night in the US as people seek alternatives to Musk’s more right-leaning platform following Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Bluesky, a decentralized social network originally funded by Twitter, has added more than 700,000 new users in the past week, and now has 14.5 million total accounts, up from 10 million in September. The recent increase is not the fastest that the site has grown - it added 1 million new sign-ups in just three days after X was shuttered in Brazil — but the majority of Bluesky’s new users are from the US, which may be driving more attention, said Emily Liu, a company spokesperson. “What’s interesting to me is the diversity of communities coming to Bluesky last week,” Bluesky Chief Operating Officer Rose Wang wrote in an email.














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