Social network Blue Sky said Monday it now has more than 10 million users, largely due to rapid growth in recent weeks after Elon Musk’s X shut down in Brazil.
“If you are reading this, you are one of the first 10 million users on Bluesky!” the company said. In a postBluesky also has a fun Easter egg on its homepage: when you click on the celebration icon, you can see your joining number on the platform and share it with your friends.
Last month, Brazil’s Supreme Court banned the X app in the country and fined users who used the service with a VPN. Since then, other social networks like Meta’s Threads and Bluesky have surged in popularity. These apps currently occupy the top 10 spots in the App Store and Play Store rankings for the social media category in Brazil.
Bluesky quickly gained 3 million users within days of X being banned in Brazil, with its total user count surpassing 9 million earlier this month. The company said more than 85% of its users New users were from Brazil..
Last week, Blosky said: It was witnessing record activity on the platform.Due to people registering in large quantities, the platform has seen Some problems in the server.
After being invite-only for about a year, Bluesky opened its platform to all users in February. Meanwhile, Bluesky-owned competitor Threads has grown to more than 200 million users.
Finally, last week, Bluesky started letting users post videos on the app. It also introduced self-editing tools like controlling who can quote a post, hiding replies, Ability to mute words for a specific period of time.