[ghaff]

As someone who was once an avid twitter user, my sense is that Mastodon--after a somewhat hopeful start just never gained the network momentum. Bluesky came closest to Twitter's old reach but is still something of a shadow of the old Twitter (as Twitter/X is these days as well).

[lich_king]

Bluesky is not just a shadow, it's on a pretty steady decline. Their DAU numbers are dropping every month. Which probably tells you something about the unspoken reason for this change.

[rekmarks]

No they’re not? https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

[lich_king]

Yes they are? E.g., https://api.backlinko.com/app/uploads/2025/11/bluesky-websit...

This is also visible in your stats if you extend the time window. They had a peak in 2024 and are pretty much declining month to month ever since.

[haunter]

Are we seeing the same? All the stats are steadily going down https://i.imgur.com/QJakG56.png

[PaulHoule]

I’d describe that last six months as ‘sideways’ —- what was that surge near the end of last year?

[ajsalminen]

I believe that surge was Elon announcing AI image editing on X and a bunch of Japanese artists and their followers trying out Bluesky.

[verdverm]

My understanding was the end of year time off / holidays, as compared to the dip around thanksgiving.

[verdverm]

Jaz's stats are sus, use this instead: https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/index.html

[rekmarks]

Ah, I didn't realize the link I shared was Jaz's (it was shared in another comment), but they look similarly sideways over the past 6 months, with a noticeable bump in Dec / Jan.

[verdverm]

These specific stats are likely not as bad, I mainly take issue with the "user" count they promote.

[ghaff]

Without researching actual numbers, it feels like that whole category of social media is pretty much uninteresting at this point. Not sure what really replaces it given that Facebook seems increasingly infested with AI slop and sponsored posts.

[verdverm]

More IRL time with other people hopefully.