AdvertisementBluesky's user base surged to 21 million, prompting the company to race to get more servers.
Its growth follows users leaving X, with over 280,000 closing their accounts on Election Day.
Bluesky has "blown past" its user growth projections so much that it's racing to get more servers to keep the site running smoothly, the social media platform's chief operating officer has said.
AdvertisementThe social media network has surpassed 21 million users, up from 13 million in October, as X users have left in droves and flocked to the platform.
The US election appears to have triggered a migration of X users to Bluesky, which has been praised because of its similarity to the "old Twitter."
Persons:
Rose Wang, Bluesky, Wang, Gordon MacMillan, X's, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Jack Dorsey, Jay Gruber, Dorsey, Musk, Elon
Organizations:
Twitter, Wired