Social Media

The social media platform has roughly doubled its number of users since November, suggesting it may have pulled some US-based X users after the presidential election.

The social media website initially kicked off by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey has hit more than 25 million users as some abandon or completely delete their X accounts, leading many to question how the platform will differ in content, moderation and tone. 

BlueSky reported that its total number of users had reached more than 25 million as of Dec. 12, roughly double the platform had after the United States election on Nov. 5. The social media site still comes up short compared to Meta’s Threads, which has more than 275 million monthly active users, and X, with more than 250 million daily active users as of 2022. 

It’s difficult to estimate the exact number of users who may have left X directly in response to Elon Musk purchasing the platform and becoming involved in US politics. Musk has also been a proponent of Dogecoin (DOGE), even proposing President-elect Donald Trump create a “government efficiency” position based on an acronym of the memecoin’s ticker symbol.

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