You can now follow Bluesky’s explosive growth in real time thanks to several online counters being made available. Bluesky is a new take on social media deeply rooted in transparency. It’s proving extremely popular here in Ireland with plenty of people to follow already. As a result we get to see this kind of juicy data.
Theo’s Bluesky Counter
Built by Theo Sanderson, this simple counter shows the real-time user count of Bluesky. It also calculates how my users are coming to or leaving the platform per second. It’s been increasing for days.
If this site stops working a similar one has been created by Natalie called Bluesky Counter.
Theo’s counter is powered by data prepared by another Bluesky user, Jaz.
Jaz’s Stats
Jaz’s stats isn’t quite real-time. It still does update every couple of seconds. The real value here it lets you dive deeper into Bluesky’s explosive growth and recent history.
Jaz’s stats shows total users, posts, follows and likes while also providing graphical ways to interact with the data as far back as the start of 2023. This stat-pack is the most incredible visualisation of a new platform growing exponentially on a daily basis.
The growth of Bluesky doesn’t seem to be slowing as engagement is growing thanks to a burning desire to leave Twitter (X if you’re weird) and Bluesky’s Starter Packs. I’ll be following this growth and posting on Bluesky through both my personal account and the Goosed account, so feel free to give us a follow!
