The Engagement Is Better on Bluesky

We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you:

The Boston Globe

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

— Matt Karolian (@mkarolian.bsky.social) November 26, 2024 at 10:19 AM

The Guardian

By which I mean, I'm pretty sure traffic from @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is *significantly* higher than the very obvious 2x that of Threads

This post brought to you by a reply to @mkarolian.bsky.social on Threads, where it has had just 105 engagements, as opposed to the 18k+ here

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— Dave Earley (@earleyedition.bsky.social) November 26, 2024 at 10:30 PM

The New York Times

hard to exaggerate how nuts the engagement is on Bluesky compared to 𝕏. a vastly smaller user base (at least officially), but just look at these stats for one of the biggest newspapers on Earth. Musk has absolutely trashed the platform. folks, you are not locked in on 𝕏. not even a little.

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— Kevin Rothrock (@kevinrothrock.me) November 23, 2024 at 1:21 AM

Open-source Web Dev

We have 6% of the followers here compared to the 100k in X. The vite 6.0 announcement in bluesky already got half the reposts and a third of the likes. And most of the comments and quotes from OSS maintainers happened here. I don't know about other communities, but OSS web dev is a bluesky game now.

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— patak (@patak.dev) November 27, 2024 at 8:01 AM

Democracy Docket

Traffic from Bluesky to @democracydocket.com is surging while X is falling and Threads remains largely irrelevant. This is powering rapid growth of both free subscribers and paid members.

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) November 27, 2024 at 5:31 AM

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