Social network and X rival Bluesky's massive growth slowed in the US after a surge in December. 9+ million in September to the north 20 million users In November
The slowdown is based on an analysis of daily user web traffic and mobile app traffic by an analytics company. Similar websiteBluesky saw 189% growth in November and a 10% month-over-month decrease in December 2024.
Daily users of the Bluesky mobile app in the U.S. grew 12% in December, compared with 284% growth in November, the company said.
As of this writing, I have Bluesky. 26.44 million users Total and other X features are starting to take off; Like trending topics.
The social network benefited from one late last year. A large number of users from XPreviously, Twitter followed the results of the US presidential election held in November. As Elon Musk becomes more closely allied with incoming President Donald Trump and uses X to promote the Trump campaign, X users are not happy with the app's latest direction, moving to Bluesky in search of greener (or possibly) pastures.
The move catapulted Bluesky's app to the No. 1 spot on the US App Store charts from Nov. 13 to Nov. 21, 2024. until 2024; According to information from the app intelligence service provider; Pictures.
As a result, Bluesky gained more attention among the public. mainstreamas Hollywood celebritiesMusicians and writers Reporters Joined the social network in November.
Now, The data suggests that the Bluesky bump is over and growth is starting to normalize.
To be clear, Bluesky is still growing. According to Similarweb, Bluesky grew faster in the US than other X competitor Instagram Threads in December. In that month Bluesky's desktop and mobile sites in the US rose 9.6% in monthly traffic, while traffic to Threads.net fell 1.6%. (Meta should be aware while purchasing. Threads.com domain in September; (This redirects to Threads.net.)
Worldwide Bluesky app website traffic grew 9.5% month-over-month comparable in December 2024, also driven by growth in the US. That's 5.7% of Threads' growth, compared to X's 2.4%, Similarweb's data shows.
Bluesky's larger audience means the app now faces pain, including the user. Demonstrations Problems with over moderation policies Bots are participating in the platform.and other campaigns by bad actors, such as username witchcraft and spoofing The company tried to solve it. In a recent app update
Although it was slow in December. Bluesky is still huge, with 930% year-over-year growth and 30,564% year-over-year growth based on worldwide website visits.