The news: Social media microblogging service Bluesky added 700,000 new users in the past week. Meanwhile, Meta’s Threads—which has more than 275 million monthly active users—has become the top “free” app on Apple’s App Store.
- This indicates a surge in users moving to alternatives of X (formerly Twitter) since former President Donald Trump’s election win last week.
- Most new Bluesky users are from North America and the UK, boosting its total to 14.5 million, up from 9 million in September, per The Guardian.