Many users noted a steady loss of hundreds or even thousands of followers as accounts were deactivated, continuing a downward trend in activity since Musk’s takeover of the social network in late 2022.

X, formerly Twitter, is no longer the "digital town square" it once promised to be. Following the results of the U.S. presidential election, floods of

Bluesky claims it welcomed 1 million new users since last week’s election, in what appears to be part of a mass exodus from X, owned by Trump supporter Elon Musk.

As of Tuesday, Threads was the top rated "free" app on Apple's App Store. Bluesky was seventh on the list -- ahead of Instagram, Facebook and X.

With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.

With Elon Musk’s X steeped in election disinformation and Russian bots, liberal users appear to be switching to the platform’s upstart rival.

What is Bluesky? 700,000 new users sign up to X rival after Trump’s election win - Bluesky, started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, now has 14.5 million users.

More than 700,000 people have joined the social media app Bluesky since last week’s US election, the firm has revealed. The sudden surge in new users, who mostly come from the US, appears to have been prompted by Elon Musk ’s endorsement of president-elect Donald Trump.