Bluesky Gains Millions Of Followers As Some X Users Seek Alternative

British media org The Guardian abandoned all 80 of its official accounts, which had a collective 27 million followers, on X, citing the rise in "disturbing content promoted or found on the platform." (Credit: AFP)

Bluesky, the social media startup by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has gained 2.5 million new users in the week following the U.S. presidential election, boosting its total user count to 16 million as some people flock to the app in search of an alternative to X, the platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk.

"We're seeing record-high activity levels across all different forms of engagement: likes, follows, new accounts, etc, and we're on track to add 1 million new users in one day alone," Bluesky said in a statement cited by Reuters.