🆚 Bluesky vs. Mastodon

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Social media platform
Social media platform

About

Bluesky is a public social network that is designed to not be controlled by a single company.
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 #21
Social Media › Rank #20

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Mastodon social media platform is 1.1 times more popular than Bluesky.
Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

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

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

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

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#231
#316
Name
Rank
uptodown.com
#202
#364

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