X, formerly Twitter, is no longer the "digital town square" it once promised to be. Following the results of the U.S. presidential election, floods of

In just the past week, Bluesky took in more than 700,000 new members, mostly from the US, Bluesky COO Rose Wang confirmed to The Verge. That means the platform now has more than 14.5 million users, up from 9 million in early September and 12 million around mid-October.

Threads and Bluesky, rival social networks that look a lot like Elon Musk’s X, have seen an influx of new users since election night in the US as people seek alternatives to Musk’s more right-leaning platform following Donald Trump’s presidential victory.

Many users noted a steady loss of hundreds or even thousands of followers as accounts were deactivated, continuing a downward trend in activity since Musk’s takeover of the social network in late 2022.

Following Donald Trump's reelection a wave of exits from X, the platform run by Trump's political ally Elon Musk, has been underway. Some users have moved to Bluesky, which has 14.5 million users to date in November,