🆚 Bluesky vs. Mastodon

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Social media platform
Social media platform

About

Bluesky is a social network designed to operate without control by a single company, built as a reference implementation of the AT Protocol for distributed social networks.

It supports rich text and media posts, follows and timelines, custom feeds with different feed algorithms, and decentralized account hosting across independent servers.

A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open source software.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Berlin, Germany

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free ✔️

Categories

Social Media › Rank #15
Social Media › Rank #25

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Bluesky social media platform is 2.1 times more popular than Mastodon.
Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Bluesky is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Mastodon is more popular in Italy, Vietnam, and India.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Canada
Spain
Switzerland
Japan
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Bluesky is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, blogs and wiki, and business, while Mastodon is more commonly used on software and hardware, and technical, business forums sites.
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Software/Hardware
Entertainment
General News
Internet Services
Games
Marketing/Merchandising

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
uptodown.com
#285
#375
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See also

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