Bluesky Statistics: How Many People Use Bluesky?
Written by Backlinko Team
Publicly launched in February 2024, Bluesky is a microblogging social network, widely considered an alternative to X/Twitter.
During the invite-only stage, Bluesky attracted an audience of 3 million registered users and has since grown to become a popular social media platform with over 27 million users and counting.
Read on to find all the latest Bluesky usage statistics for 2025.
Key Bluesky Stats
- Bluesky has 27.44 million users.
- In November 2024, monthly installs of Bluesky app reached 7.85 million.
- In the US and UK, Bluesky app has around 3.5 million daily active users.
- 20 full-time employees work at Bluesky
Bluesky Registered Users
According to the latest update, Bluesky currently has 27.44 million registered users.
Bluesky crossed the milestone of 20 million users in November 2024.
Here’s a table with number of Bluesky users over time:
| Date | Bluesky Registered Users |
|---|---|
| September 15, 204 | 10 million |
| October 19, 2024 | 12.11 million |
| October 24, 2024 | 13 million |
| November 13, 2024 | 15 million |
| November 20, 2024 | 20 million |
| December 19, 2024 | 25.9 million |
| January 4, 2025 | 26.31 million |
| January 14, 2025 | 27.44 million |
Sources: Bluesky, Jaz’s Bsky Stats, Statista, TechCrunch
Bluesky Downloads
Monthly downloads of Bluesky on Google Play and App Store combined were 1.76 million in December 2024.
As of November, annual downloads worldwide of Bluesky in 2024 amounted to 16.52 million.
Here’s a table with monthly downloads of Bluesky app worldwide across Google Play and App Store combined:
| Date | Bluesky Downloads |
|---|---|
| February 2023 | 0.02 million |
| March 2023 | 0.09 million |
| April 2023 | 0.58 million |
| May 2023 | 0.25 million |
| June 2023 | 0.09 million |
| July 2023 | 0.62 million |
| August 2023 | 0.32 million |
| September 2023 | 0.47 million |
| October 2023 | 0.63 million |
| November 2023 | 0.41 million |
| December 2023 | 0.51 million |
| January 2024 | 0.18 million |
| February 2024 | 1.25 million |
| March 2024 | 0.16 million |
| April 2024 | 0.26 million |
| May 2024 | 0.08 million |
| June 2024 | 0.3 million |
| July 2024 | 0.07 million |
| August 2024 | 0.76 million |
| September 2024 | 2.85 million |
| October 2024 | 2.76 million |
| November 2024 | 7.85 million |
| December 2024 | 1.76 million |
Source: Statista, Appfigures
Bluesky App Daily Active Users
According to recent data, Bluesky app has 3.5 million daily active users in the US and UK.
Source: Financial Times
Bluesky Website Monthly Visits
According to latest data, visits to Bluesky website reached 154.68 million in December 2024, showing a 93% increase since October 2024.
Here’s a detailed breakdown of Bluesky website visits:
| Date | Bluesky Website Visits |
|---|---|
| June 2024 | 17.41 million |
| July 2024 | 16.48 million |
| August 2024 | 21 million |
| September 2024 | 67.09 million |
| October 2024 | 80.16 million |
| November 2024 | 157.04 million |
| December 2024 | 154.68 million |
Source: Semrush
Bluesky Website Traffic by Country
In December 2024, the United States accounted for over half (55.7%) of website traffic to Bluesky website, followed by the UK (6.97%), Japan (6.75%), Canada (3.05%) and Brazil (3.01%).
Source: Semrush
Bluesky Users by Country
According to Bluesky CEO (Jay Graber), the countries with the highest number of Bluesky users are the United States, Japan, and Brazil.
Source: Bluesky
Bluesky Funding
Bluesky raised $23 million across 2 rounds to date, including its latest $15 million Series A funding round announced in October 2024.
Here’s a breakdown of all funding rounds of Bluesky:
| Date | Funding Amount, Round |
|---|---|
| July 2023 | $8 million, Seed |
| October 2024 | $15 million, Series A |
Source: TechCrunch
How Many Employees Work at Bluesky?
Bluesky has 20 full-time employees and 100 contractors who work as content moderators. Bluesky operates with a fully remote team.
At the time of writing, Bluesky had 2 publicly available job postings on its website.
Source: Bluesky, Platformer
Conclusion
That’s it for my list of Bluesky user stats.
Bluesky is currently one of the fastest-growing social networks but as a private company they don’t disclose many details. So I did my best to find recent data from multiple sources to bring you the latest stats on one page.