This is additional new users not total users. Growing by 0.67% of the user count of the largest microblogging platform in the world in a week is absolutely massive.
If it keeps going for a year, then it’ll truly be a large number (over 36 million to be precise). But if this was just a one-off protest kind of jumping the ship, then it’s not going to mean much.
Also for a sense of perspective, Twitter is owned by a Trump salesman that lies about everything (including user numbers that affect ad revenue). I’ve seen Bluesky users mention that actual engagement with real people is already higher than Twitter. It definitely feels more “alive” to me as well.
For a sense of perspective, Twitter has 106 million users in USA. 700 000 is 0.67% of that.
This is additional new users not total users. Growing by 0.67% of the user count of the largest microblogging platform in the world in a week is absolutely massive.
If it keeps going for a year, then it’ll truly be a large number (over 36 million to be precise). But if this was just a one-off protest kind of jumping the ship, then it’s not going to mean much.
Also for a sense of perspective, Twitter is owned by a Trump salesman that lies about everything (including user numbers that affect ad revenue). I’ve seen Bluesky users mention that actual engagement with real people is already higher than Twitter. It definitely feels more “alive” to me as well.
Relevant video from PirateSoftware talking about the difference in engagement between them.
Prove it