Bluesky Surges Past 16 Million Users Amid X Decline

Bluesky, a new social media platform launched by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is rapidly gaining users as dissatisfaction with Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) grows. In the past week alone, Bluesky welcomed over 2.5 million new users, reaching more than 16 million registered accounts, largely fueled by X's controversies surrounding content moderation and misinformation during the recent U.S. presidential election. Key departures from X, including ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon, have further accelerated this trend. However, Bluesky is currently experiencing outages as it struggles to accommodate its rapid user growth. The platform differentiates itself by allowing users greater control over their content and avoiding the political bias seen on X. As users migrate from X to Bluesky, the latter faces challenges in managing the influx while maintaining service reliability.