Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users reportedly flee X after US election

Social media platform Bluesky has seen more than 700,000 new users in the week since the US election.

This is because, according to the claims of foreign media, Telegrafi reports, users seek to escape misinformation and offensive posts on X.

The influx, mostly from North America and Great Britain, has helped Bluesky reach 14.5 million users worldwide, up from 9 million in September, the company said.

Social media researcher Axel Bruns said the platform offered an alternative to X, formerly Twitter, including a more effective system for blocking or suspending problematic accounts and controlling harmful behavior.

"It's become a haven for people who want to have the social media experience that Twitter used to offer, but without all the far-right activism, misinformation, hate speech, bots and everything else," he said.

Bluesky started as a project within Twitter, but became an independent company in 2022, and is now primarily owned by CEO Jay Graber.

The platform has previously benefited from discontent with X and its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, who is closely associated with the successful election campaign of US President-elect Donald Trump. /Telegraph/