{"id":361047,"date":"2024-11-22T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/?p=361047"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:55:11","slug":"why-bluesky-social-media-platform-should-worry-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/why-bluesky-social-media-platform-should-worry-twitter","title":{"rendered":"Bluesky Hits 20M Sign-Ups in 2024 \u2013 Is It Time to Leave X?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new player is taking over social media. In less than a year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/decentralization\">decentralized<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/23759\/social-platform\">social platform<\/a> Bluesky has gone from an unknown entity to one of the hottest apps in the world \u2014 reaching 20 million new sign-ups in November 2024 and the #1 spot on the App Store in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Bluesky\u2019s early momentum, particularly following the result of the U.S. Presidential Election, suggests the startup is going to be stepping on Twitter\/X\u2019s toes to try and become the internet\u2019s new online town square.<\/p>\n<p>But what is it that\u2019s making users like Mark Hamill, Barbara Streisand, Ben Stiller, and Stephen King leave Twitter and join Bluesky? Let\u2019s dive in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h2><span id=\"key_takeaways\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform aiming to take on X.<\/li>\n<li>The social platform has acquired 20 million new sign-ups in 9 months and currently sat at #1 on the Apple App Store in November 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Many X users transitioned to Bluesky following the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election as a protest to Elon Musk\u2019s association with the Trump campaign.<\/li>\n<li>The surge in sign-ups means Bluesky joins X, Mastodon, and Threads as one of the biggest social platforms in the world.<\/li>\n<li>While X does have a legitimate challenger, there\u2019s still a long way to go before Bluesky could even attempt to take the tech giant\u2019s position as a market leader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div>\n    <section class=\"toc-sticky w-100 bg-white \">\n        <div class=\"toc-sticky__container container\">\n            <div class=\"toc-sticky__open d-flex align-items-end\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                 aria-controls=\"multiCollapse1\"\n                 data-bs-target=\"#multiCollapse1\">\n                <button\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary collapse-action-btn p-1 rounded-circle\"\n                        type=\"button\"\n                >\n                    <i class=\"icon-chevron-up\"><\/i>\n                <\/button>\n                <span id=\"toc-current-title\" class=\"d-flex align-items-center\">\n                    Table of Contents\n                <\/span>\n                <span class=\"toc-main-title-permanent\">Table of Contents<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div\n                    class=\"collapse my-3\"\n                    id=\"multiCollapse1\"\n            >\n                <ol class=\"StepProgress\">\n                                                                        <li class=\"StepProgress-item current\">\n                                                <div class=\"StepProgress-item__group\">\n                            <a data-id=\"key_takeaways\"\n                               onclick=handleScrollToTitle(\"key_takeaways\")\n                               class=\"StepProgress-item__link\" data-level=\"2\">Key Takeaways<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                        <li class=\"StepProgress-item\">\n                                                <div class=\"StepProgress-item__group\">\n                            <a data-id=\"what_is_bluesky_brief_look_at_must-watch_social_media_platform\"\n                               onclick=handleScrollToTitle(\"what_is_bluesky_brief_look_at_must-watch_social_media_platform\")\n                               class=\"StepProgress-item__link\" data-level=\"2\">What is Bluesky? Brief Look at Must-Watch Social Media Platform<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                        <li class=\"StepProgress-item\">\n                                                <div class=\"StepProgress-item__group\">\n                            <a data-id=\"the_success_of_bluesky\"\n                               onclick=handleScrollToTitle(\"the_success_of_bluesky\")\n                               class=\"StepProgress-item__link\" data-level=\"2\">The Success of Bluesky<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                                                        <li class=\"StepProgress-item\">\n                                                <div class=\"StepProgress-item__group\">\n                            <a 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Brief Look at Must-Watch Social Media Platform<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bluesky is a social media platform that started off as a Twitter project overseen by Twitter co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/news\/jack-dorseys-departure-from-bluesky-board-leaves-questions-unanswered\">Jack Dorsey<\/a>, before becoming a standalone company headed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/4814\/software-engineer\">software engineer<\/a> Jay Graber as CEO in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The service officially launched to the public in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The free platform offers a similar user experience to the old Twitter user interface, giving users the opportunity to create a handle to publish text posts, images, and videos.<\/p>\n<p>They can also interact with other users&#8217; posts via actions, including reposts, replies, quotes, and likes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361058\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky.png\" alt=\"Seems familiar? Bluesky harkens back to a more innocent time in Twitter\u2019s life. (Bluesky)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"540\" class=\"wp-image-361058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky.png 1192w, https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-1024x460.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-768x345.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seems familiar? Bluesky harkens back to a more innocent time in Twitter\u2019s life. (Bluesky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the key differentiators is Bluesky\u2019s use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/atproto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AT protocol<\/a>, an open, decentralized network for building social applications.<\/p>\n<p>This gives users significantly more transparency over how the service is developed and why certain content is being displayed to the user.<\/p>\n<p>X has 550 million monthly active users, while Threads have 275 million monthly active users \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/news\/threads-users-vs-bluesky\">Threads sometimes adds 15 million users a month<\/a>. There is a long road ahead for Bluesky to catch up, with 20 million users, but it is not a bad start.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"the_success_of_bluesky\">The Success of Bluesky<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While Bluesky has not yet reached the level of X or Threads, it is one of the fast-growing social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason for this fast growth is that many people are disillusioned with the direction of social platforms like X,and more general issues over toxicity.<\/p>\n<p>Although many users support the laissez-faire approach to content moderation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/elon-musk-net-worth\">Elon Musk<\/a> has taken, there are also many who see Twitter as a cause of misinformation. Musk\u2019s alignment with Donald Trump and regular right-wing posts have also lost the platform fans.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Bluesky\u2019s current momentum arrives from the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election, with many users, journalists, celebrities, and activists planning to boycott X in response to Musk\u2019s close connections to the Trump campaign and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-63692369\" target=\"_blank\">decision to lift Trump\u2019s ban on the platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, data collected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/insights\/social-media-news\/bluesky-sustained-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Similarweb<\/a> finds that since the election, usage of the Bluesky app is more than 500% higher in the U.S. and 350% higher in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Most notably, Similarweb notes that the day after the election, website traffic and app usage spiked to Bluesky as journalists and opinion leaders and their followers decided to stop using X or seek alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>It is also worth noting that many users may be opting to change platforms because they are dissatisfied with the user experience on X, or more controversial decisions made by Musk, including using posts to train <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/grok\">Grok<\/a> and letting blocked users see the posts of a user that\u2019s blocked them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damian Rollin, director of market insights at SOCi<\/strong>, told Techopedia:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe political division that has spurred the recent growth of Bluesky\u2019s user base is perhaps nothing to celebrate, but the concept of a decentralized social network, providing greater control to user communities and relying less on the monetization of user engagement, is a healthy move that hearkens back to the early, more egalitarian days of the internet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo, the time is right for the disruption of incumbent technologies with new ideas. Consider that Google\u2019s search engine is 26 years old, Facebook\u2019s social platform just turned 20, and Twitter debuted a full 18 years ago in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough these platforms have established themselves as the norm in their respective fields, they\u2019ve also left many users frustrated with their perceived biases and limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"why_twitter_should_be_concerned\">Why Twitter Should Be Concerned<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At this stage, X is the bigger platform but it\u2019s also the most polarizing. Some people love the free speech-centric approach of X, and many don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Bluesky has the advantage over X in the fact that it offers something different (yet harkening back to a pre-Musk Twitter), at a time when many users are looking for a fresh experience that has not been hammered by Twitter\u2019s algorithm into something resembling political warfare.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"challenges_bluesky_will_face_on_the_road_ahead\">Challenges Bluesky Will Face on the Road Ahead<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is not all going to be plain sailing for Bluesky. When you\u2019re the new kid on the block, people can overlook some of your app and leadership shortcomings, but the bigger your platform gets, the more user expectations are going to increase.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it\u2019s one thing to attract disgruntled users from bigger platforms \u2014 it\u2019s another thing to offer a user experience that keeps them coming back long-term.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361061\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-Video.jpg\" alt=\"Bluesky regularly rolls out new features, such as video in July 2024, but will it be enough to keep people coming back? (Bluesky)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"wp-image-361061 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-Video.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-Video-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-Video-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bluesky-Video-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluesky regularly rolls out new features, such as video in July 2024, but will it be enough to keep people coming back? (Bluesky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Bluesky\u2019s moderation policy doesn\u2019t live up to expectations and fails to limit toxicity (a tall task on the internet), then users can easily jump ship again.<\/p>\n<p>There has been plenty of criticism over the platform for having a content moderation policy that silences conservative voices. However true this claim is, having another politicized big tech platform doesn\u2019t seem like the answer.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Jay Graber will also come under increasing pressure to make the right decisions. We\u2019ve already seen some criticism\u00a0 \u2014this week, she was seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c238y83l48jo\" target=\"_blank\">unaware<\/a> of the age limit of the platform, stating you need to be 18 to use the service when users as young as 13 can sign up.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"the_bottom_line\">The Bottom Line<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bluesky has stolen the show as the fastest-growing social media network in the world right now.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s unlikely to unseat X overnight, it puts forward a strong challenge toward X\u2019s approach to content moderation and will force Musk to be on his A-game to maintain market share.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"faqs\">FAQs<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"man_faq_sec\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\"><\/time><section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">What is Bluesky?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform offering transparency and user control, launched in February 2024 as a standalone project from a former Twitter initiative.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">Why are users switching from X to Bluesky?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Users are switching due to dissatisfaction with X&#8217;s policies, including content moderation, algorithmic changes, and its political associations following the 2024 U.S. election.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">What is the AT protocol in Bluesky?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">The AT protocol is an open, decentralized network that provides users with greater transparency and control over content algorithms and development decisions.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">How many users does Bluesky have?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">As of November 2024, Bluesky has 20 million registered users and continues to grow rapidly.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ms_faq ms_card \" ><div itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\"><div class=\"accordionButton\"><h3 itemprop=\"name\">How is Bluesky different from Twitter\/X?<\/h3> <\/div>\n<div class=\"accordionContent\" itemscope itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" style=\"display:none;\"><p itemprop=\"text\">Bluesky offers a decentralized approach with transparency over algorithms and development, focusing on community-driven content policies compared to X&#8217;s centralized model.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"reference-content\">\n<div class=\"reference-heading reference-content-collapsible-heading\">\n<h2><span id=\"references\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reference-content-body\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/atproto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AT Protocol<\/a> (Atproto)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-63692369\" target=\"_blank\">Musk lifts Donald Trump&#8217;s Twitter ban<\/a> (Bbc)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/insights\/social-media-news\/bluesky-sustained-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky Sees Greatest Sustained Growth So Far in the US and UK | Similarweb<\/a> (Similarweb)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c238y83l48jo\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky chief doesn&#8217;t know age limit for users<\/a> (Bbc)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new player is taking over social media. 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