Bluesky tops App Store list amid mass exodus from Elon Musk’s X
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The social media platform Bluesky has climbed to the top of Apple's App Store as many users are leaving Elon Musk's X after the US presidential election.
The competing apps Bluesky and Threads have climbed to the top two positions on Apple's App Store after Donald Trump's win in the U.S. elections.
Numerous users leaving X have expressed their dissatisfaction with the app’s owner backing Mr. Trump and utilizing the platform to promote the Republican president-elect.
The day following the election, around 115,000 users in the United States decided to deactivate their X accounts. This number is reportedly higher than any previous day since Elon Musk took charge, as noted by the web analytics firm Similarweb.
The report highlighted that the number of visitors to the Bluesky platform and its daily active users saw a significant rise in the week leading up to the election, and this spike continued after election day.
Bluesky, which was developed by Jack Dorsey, the founder and former CEO of X (formerly known as Twitter), has recently gained more than 15 million users. This marks a significant increase, as the user count has more than doubled in just three months.
The app resembles Twitter in both appearance and functionality, featuring a vertical feed of posts accompanied by circular profile pictures of users. It also includes icons indicating how many comments, likes, and shares each post receives.
Every day, thousands of individuals are queuing up to sign up for the app.
“Bluesky stated on October 17 that there were 500,000 new users in just one day.”
Since the US election, around 100,000 individuals have been registering for Bluesky each day, but there's still a significant journey ahead for the platform.
The platform still falls short when compared to X’s user numbers and currently has only about 25% of the daily active users that Meta's Threads app attracts.
Since Mr. Trump's victory, more and more people have been joining Instagram's Threads, which is owned by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta.
Currently, X is positioned at a far-off 27th in Apple’s overall app rankings. However, it claims the top spot in the News category, facing competition from established media apps such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Since Mr. Musk took control of Twitter in October 2022, the company has undergone several transformations. These include launching a new subscription service, eliminating the old blue verification checks, and bringing back certain controversial accounts that had been banned.
When Elon Musk acquired Twitter, it was valued at approximately $44 billion. However, a recent assessment by the major investment firm Fidelity indicates that its current value may have dropped by nearly 80 percent.
