In 2024, Bluesky saw a sharp increase in the number of users. The social media platform has become one of the main destinations for those leaving X (formerly Twitter). This year, 22.9 million people signed up for Bluesky. More than half of these new users (more than 13 million) joined the platform in just the last month and a half.
These numbers are kindly provided Bluesky review for 2024 thing that went up just before the end of the year. In this blog post, Bluesky highlighted other milestones, such as the platform moving from invitation-only to opening to the public. “At launch, Bluesky had an early community of 3 million people. A week later, over a million new users signed up,” Bluesky said.
In 2024, Bluesky also achieved its goal of introducing federation, which makes an interconnected social network possible. As a result, people can use personal data servers rather than relying on Bluesky’s infrastructure.
This time a year ago, Bluesky provided a simple experience. This year, the platform added support for hashtags, direct messages, video sharing and trending topics. These are all standard features on major social media platforms, so introducing them was important to make Bluesky a viable alternative to sites like X.
Bluesky has also provided support for starter packs in 2024. This amazingly unique feature allows people to create a list of accounts to follow. For example we have Windows Central Starter Pack this includes all of our employees working on the platform.
As many left X or began looking for a social media platform that was less toxic than X, Instagram and Facebook, Bluesky gained millions of users. There are even a couple of third-party Bluesky apps for Windows 11 (Bisky And DarkSky), and also deck.blue site with an interface similar to TweetDeck.
Below are all the new features for 2024 highlighted by Bluesky.
Bluesky 2024 updates: great opportunities
- Hashtags: We’ve added hashtags to make content easier to find.
- Direct messages: In May, we launched personal messages, opening up new opportunities for communication.
- Starter packages: In June, we launched starter packs to help communities make the transition to Bluesky easier.
- Video sharing: We launched a video in September.
- Hot Topics: In December, right before Christmas, we launched trending themes.
Bluesky 2024 updates: small features
- Account deactivation (June),
- Priority Notifications (July),
- Self-moderation tools such as disabling quotes and hiding replies (August),
- Pinned Posts (October) and
- Topic compiler (November).