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).

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lich_king 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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rekmarks 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

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lich_king 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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haunter 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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PaulHoule 3 hours ago | parent [-]

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

	▲	ajsalminen 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		My understanding was the end of year time off / holidays, as compared to the dip around thanksgiving.

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verdverm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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

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ghaff 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		More IRL time with other people hopefully.

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rakovsky89 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Twitter/X is thriving, what are you talking about

	▲	ghaff 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We may have different interests and networks. Pretty much everyone I know has moved on. I don't even look at it any longer.