X’s loss is Bluesky’s gain. Rival social media platform Bluesky gained more than 2 million new users in just a few days, a huge increase for a social network that had only around 6 million members until this week. The surge comes as Elon Musk’s X is Banned and blocked in Brazil Conflict over political issues led many Brazilians to emigrate to Blue Sky.
in Posted on Monday“Two million new people in the last week! What a warm welcome,” Brewsky declared. To emphasize that much of the growth was coming from Brazil, Brewsky added, “DOIS MILHÕES de pessoas novas na última semana! uma calorosa recepção a todos!”
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a Bluesky Statistics Page There was also a surge in new users, with the final count reaching a total of 8,747,821. Tuesday Post Posts by Bluesky engineers saw a surge in users as well as likes, follows and reposts.
Blue Sky added 2.11 million new users in the past 96 hours, compared to just 26,000 in the 96 hours a week ago. Over the same time period, likes increased from 13 million to 104.6 million, follows increased from 1.4 million to 100.8 million, and reposts increased from 1.3 million to 11 million.
Blue Sky can thank Brazil for many of its profits.
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A Brazilian judge ordered X’s account blocked after accusing supporters of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro of spreading disinformation on the platform, threatening a court order and fines if X didn’t comply. Musk initially fought the ban, badmouthing the judge, but eventually caved.
Since X was banned, many Brazilians have turned to Bluesky. On Friday, the day Judge Moraes ordered the blanket ban, Bluesky said it had seen some 200,000 new users from Brazil sign up in the past few days, and that number “continues to grow every minute.” The Associated Press reported.
But it is, 21 million X users in BrazilSo there is still a lot of room to grow every minute.
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Launching for iPhone users in 2023 and made available to everyone via the web earlier this year, Bluesky is one of several social networks designed to offer a social alternative to X without Musk’s burden. Unlike the platform formerly known as Twitter, Bluesky is a decentralized network that gives users control over their own data. Otherwise, it’s a similar platform to X, with the usual feed, posts, notifications, direct messages and other options.
