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Bluesky now has 10 million customers | TechCrunch


Social community Bluesky mentioned Monday that it now has greater than 10 million customers on the platform. That is largely due to the fast development of the community up to now few weeks after Elon Musk-owned X was shuttered in Brazil.

“For those who’re studying this, you’re one of many first 10 million customers on Bluesky!” the corporate mentioned in a submit. Bluesky additionally has a enjoyable easter egg on its residence web page. Whenever you click on the celebration emoji, now you can see your becoming a member of quantity on the platform and share it to your folks.

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Final month, the highest court docket banned X in Brazil and established a nice for customers accessing the service utilizing a VPN. Put up that, different social networks reminiscent of Meta’s Threads and Bluesky soared in reputation. Presently, they’re within the high 10 spots within the App Retailer and Play Retailer scores for the social media class in Brazil.

Bluesky quickly gained 3 million customers inside days of X’s ban in Brazil, with its total consumer depend going previous 9 million earlier this month. The corporate mentioned greater than 85% of new customers had been from Brazil.

Final week, Bluesky additionally famous that it was seeing file exercise on the platform after the injection of recent customers. Due to individuals signing up in bulk, the platform has had a number of server glitches, too, exhibiting customers a “Not Sufficient Sources” error. After these hiccups, the social community has been steady.

What’s extra, Bluesky lastly added the power for customers to submit movies on the app final week. It additionally rolled out self-moderation instruments like controlling who can quote a submit, hiding a reply, and the power to set timed mute phrases.

After being in an invite-only mode for nearly a yr, Bluesky opened its platform for all customers in February. In the meantime, Bluesky’s Meta-owned rival Threads has grown to over 200 million customers.