Bluesky
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.
According to our data, Bluesky ranks 14th among the social media platforms we track.
It has 0.8% of the social media market share and is detected on 0.4% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
- </> Source code
Wikipedia
GitHub💸 Pricing
Bluesky is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Media
- Rank: 14
- Market share: 0.8%
🏆 Bluesky Awards
- ⭐ 7th most popular in France in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Canada in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Sweden in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in the United States in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Switzerland in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Finland in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Ireland in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Germany in the Social Media category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Spain in the Social Media category.
⚡ Sites Using Bluesky
We have data on 15,819 websites that use the Bluesky social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Bluesky is theguardian.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | us.theguardian.com | #55 | English | ||
| 2 | nature.com | #86 | English | ||
| 3 | nbcselect.nbcnews.com | #260 | United States | English | |
| 4 |  unity.com |
unity.com | #298 | United States | English |
| 5 | heise.de | #325 | Germany | German | |
| 6 | us.theconversation.com | #367 | United States | English | |
| 7 | letterboxd.social | #410 | American English | ||
| 8 | psychologytoday.com | #419 | American English | ||
| 9 | vg.no | #510 | Norway | Norwegian | |
| 10 | status.archiveofourown.org | #585 | English | ||
| 11 | actu.fr | #635 | France | French | |
| 12 | cardgames-io.bsky.social | #808 | Iceland | English | |
| 13 | #1,003 | United States | English | ||
| 14 | last.fm | #1,006 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 15 |  bunny.net |
bunny.net | #1,016 | United States | English |
| 16 | nws.noaa.gov | #1,089 | United States | English | |
| 17 | unesco.org | #1,202 | France | English | |
| 18 | proton.me | #1,267 | Switzerland | English | |
| 19 | uwmadison.bsky.social | #1,320 | United States | English | |
| 20 | mlb.com | #1,326 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Bluesky:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Education/Reference category.
Most of the sites using Bluesky are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 31.5%
- United Kingdom 13.7%
- Germany 12.1%
- France 7.9%
- Canada 5.2%
- Spain 4.9%
- Netherlands 4%
- Switzerland 2.1%
- Japan 2.1%
- Other 16.5%
Most Bluesky users speak English, German, or French.
- English 74.4%
- German 7.6%
- French 5.9%
- Spanish 3.5%
- Dutch 2%
- Japanese 1.4%
- Portuguese 1.2%
- Catalan 0.6%
- Finnish 0.5%
- Other 2.9%
The Bluesky social media platform is especially popular on .com, .org, and .de top-level domains.
- .com 36.8%
- .org 21.1%
- .de 5.7%
- .net 4.2%
- .fr 2.7%
- .co.uk 2.1%
- .ca 2.1%
- .org.uk 1.9%
- .nl 1.8%
- Other 21.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Bluesky include education and reference, business, and non-profit, advocacy and NGO.
- Education/Reference 13.6%
- Business 10.6%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 10.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 9%
- Entertainment 5.9%
- General News 5.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 4.2%
- Games 4.2%
- Internet Services 3.7%
- Other 32.9%
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Where is Bluesky's headquarters?
Bluesky is located in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Can I use Bluesky for free?
Yes, it is a free social media platform.
Which country uses Bluesky the most?
The majority of Bluesky users are from the United States.
Who uses Bluesky?
According to our data, Bluesky is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as theguardian.com,
nature.com, and
nbcnews.com.
Is Bluesky used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by weather.gov. Overall, we found Bluesky on 38 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Bluesky?
Yes. The most prominent of these is wisc.edu. In total, we know of 96 academic websites in the United States that use Bluesky.
How does Bluesky stack up against the competition?
Bluesky is a fairly popular social media platform, ranking ahead of 73 other social media platforms we track.
What are the alternatives to Bluesky?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Bluesky may include 
X, 
Threads, and Micro.blog.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,531,795 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.