For those unfamiliar, here’s a brief history of Bluesky. It originally launched as an invite-only app in 2023 but is now open to everyone. It was also backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, but he left the company’s board this year.

Social media platform Bluesky, a major competitor to Elon Musk’s X, has gained more than 1.25 million users since last week's U.S. presidential election. Bluesky posted Wednesday morning it had reached more than 15 million users,

It's perhaps expected that Bluesky might have issues. Amid Musk's high-profile support for President-elect Donald Trump lots of users made an exodus for Bluesky. It skyrocketed to the top of Apple's App Store, adding approximately 100,000 users per day since last week's election.