Social media platform Bluesky has launched a beta version of Trending Topics, the company announced in a post on their platform. The new feature is one of the most requested by users and matches a feature that was already available in competing themes. about nine monthsand on X (at that time on Twitter) at least since 2017.
The Trending section shows the most popular viral content on the platform with topics such as Christmas, Nosferatu and Wikipedia (thanks to Elon Musk) is currently at the top. You can find it by clicking on search both in the desktop version and in mobile applications, or you can turn it off altogether in the settings, TechCrunch marked. Any words that you mute will also not appear in trending topics.
Bluesky recently reached a major milestone with the release of 25 million usersmany of whom recently left X after the US elections. Although the platform is still relatively small compared to Threads and X, users report high levels of engagement and a lack of bots and harassment compared to Elon Musk's platform. Other requested features that have yet to be implemented include bookmarks, editing, check badges, and private messages.