Social media platforms Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon have all experienced significant growth recently as users migrate away from X, formerly Twitter.
Since Elon Musk‘s acquisition of Twitter in November 2022, the social media landscape has experienced a significant shift. Users dissatisfied with changes on the platform—rebranded as X—have been migrating to explore alternatives.
Threads, owned by Meta, has reached more than 275 million monthly users this month.
In the last week, following the U.S. presidential election, Bluesky confirmed that it gained over 700,000 new users, with more than 14.5 million users globally. Mastodon, meanwhile, has expanded from 3.5 million users in November 2022 to almost 9 million this month.
Newsweek reached out to X, Mastodon, Meta, and Bluesky via email for comment.
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