Alternative to X | Bluesky social network gains one million users in one day

(Paris) The American social network Bluesky, claimed as an alternative to

“It’s official – 1,000,000 people have joined Bluesky in the last day! Welcome and thank you for being here,” the platform said in a message posted on both Bluesky and X.

A record number which resonates with the appointment Tuesday of Elon Musk, owner of

The billionaire, head of Tesla and SpaceX, officially supported the Republican candidate in his race for the White House, and also provided funding to his campaign.

Since his purchase of Twitter, Mr. Musk has largely relaxed the platform’s moderation rules, notably authorizing the return of accounts linked to far-right movements on the network.

British daily newspapers The Guardian then Spanish The Vanguard announced during the week that they would no longer publish content on

Initially created and funded by Twitter itself, when the network was then led by its co-founder Jack Dorsey, Bluesky opened to the general public in February 2023 on Apple’s iOS operating system and at the end of March on Android .

It is now headed by Jay Grabber, general director of the platform.

The network claims 16 million users, strong growth for a platform which had 10 million in mid-September. It had already benefited from a spotlight at the end of 2022 when Elon Musk got his hands on Twitter, which he renamed X.

Threads, another alternative to X and owned by Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram), claimed 175 million users in July, a year after its creation.