Social media giant’s Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges

NZ Herald

Auckland

New Zealand

Meta's Threads loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X

Millions of former tweeters have taken their spotless minds and ridden, on a butterfly’s wings, to an alternative reality: Bluesky, the microblogging site for progressive idealists.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Nine Entertainment Co.

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

Off with the pixies: Musk’s X defectors discover their utopia

Meta’s Threads is losing ground to social media start-up Bluesky in capitalising on the exodus of users from Elon Musk’s X following Donald Trump’s election.

New Zealand Media and Entertainment

Since the election of Trump, the number of users in the US and the United Kingdom has jumped from almost 300% to 3.5 million

Desde a eleição de Trump, o número de usuários nos EUA e Reino Unido deu um salto de quase 300% para 3,5 milhões

Rede social da Meta, Threads perde terreno para Bluesky

Globo

Roberto Irineu Marinho

Brazil

Meta's social network, Threads loses ground to Bluesky

Following the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, a significant shift is happening in the social media landscape.  Many users, including Taylor Swift's fanbase, the Swifties, have begun leaving Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, for Bluesky, a rising social media platform. In just a few days, Bluesky's user base surged from 14 million to 20 million, growing by a million new users each day. This sudden influx follows dissatisfaction with Musk's social…

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Benzinga

New York

United States

Bluesky Adds Millions Of Users As Elon Musk's X Faces Exodus Post Trump Victory: Here Are A Few Starter Packs To Help You Level Up On The Platform - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

More and more users are leaving Musk's social network, a phenomenon that began even before the US elections. They go to places with more moderation and less “toxic”.

Há cada vez mais utilizadores a deixar a rede social de Musk, um fenómeno que começou ainda antes das eleições dos EU. Rumam para paragens com mais moderação e menos “tóxicas”.

#Xodus. Mudanças de Musk no X empurram cada vez mais utilizadores para outras redes. Pressão aumenta para Bluesky e Threads

Observador

Sociedade anónima

Portugal

#Xodus. Musk's changes to X push more and more users to other networks. Pressure increases for Bluesky and Threads

Bluesky, which is almost identical to X, has gained many more users since the US presidential election. The reason may be found especially in Elon Musk's activities.

X:n kanssa lähes identtinen Bluesky on saanut paljon lisää käyttäjiä USA:n presidentinvaalien jälkeen. Syy saattaa löytyä etenkin Elon Muskin toiminnasta.

Nouseva somealusta saattaa syrjäyttää Elon Muskin X:n osittain, arvioivat asiantuntijat

Ministry of Transport and Communications (Finland)

Finland

The emerging smartphone platform may partially displace Elon Musk's X, experts estimate

Meta Platform's Threads platform lags startup Bluesky in luring X users post-Trump win.

Seeking Alpha

Meta's Threads lagging Bluesky in attracting former X users after US election: report

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Nikkei Inc.

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Greater London

England

United Kingdom

Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X

Elon Musk’s social media loss has — so far — not been Mark Zuckerberg’s gain. Following the election of Donald Trump earlier this month, users began fleeing X, the social media platform owned by the Trump-supporting Musk. But as the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Nov. 23), the biggest beneficiary of that exodus isn’t the Meta-owned Threads — conceived as an alternative to Twitter before its name change to X — but rather the upstart soci…

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Social Media Startup Bluesky Sees 300% Post-Election User Jump

SAN FRANCISCO — Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an alternative for those looking for a different mood, lighter and friendlier and less influenced by Musk. Championed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was an invitat…

Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X

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