How many users does Bluesky have right now?

The social network announced on Monday that the count has now begun More than 10 million recordsThis was largely made possible by the fact that access to X was blocked in Brazil, which is why hundreds of thousands of users rushed to register on analogues of Musk’s social network.

From Monday, anyone accessing Bluesky from a computer will see a large banner announcing a major milestone in the development of the social network, letting you know exactly when the user signed up and what his account has become in absolute and percentage terms.

This is what a banner from one of the Bluesky users looks like / Screenshot of 24 Channels

Brazil vs X

Last month, Brazil’s Supreme Court banned access to X nationwide, fining anyone who accessed the site using a VPN. That’s because Elon Musk refused to block several hundred pages as the country’s authorities had requested, including one belonging to former president Jair Bolsonaro.

After this, other social networks such as Meta’s Threads and Bluesky have rapidly increased in popularity. These apps are currently in the top 10 of the App Store and Play Store rankings in the social media category in Brazil.

Bluesky is fast It reached 3 million users in a few days After X was banned in Brazil, the total number of accounts surpassed 9 million earlier this month. The company said more than 85 percent of its new hires were from Brazil.

Last week, Bluesky said they saw record levels of activity on the platform, and the platform also experienced several server outages due to the large number of new registrations.

Bluesky is evolving

Bluesky has a very small development team, so it doesn’t receive major updates very often.

• Last week, the service finally allowed users to post videos to the app.
• It also introduced self-moderation tools like controlling who can quote a post, hiding replies, and muting audio for a set period of time.
• Additionally, the ability to send private messages has recently been made available.

It’s pretty similar to Twitter, although it doesn’t have many features yet. Unlike Threads, Bluesky does not have such a strict policy on sensitive contentincluding nudity, controversial statements, and photos depicting cruelty and violence, but it has tools that allow you to block all of these from your feed if you wish.