{"id":2240881,"date":"2026-11-05T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2240881"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T12:44:58","slug":"bluesky-hit-peak-usage-for-the-year-on-election-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2240881","title":{"rendered":"Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on election night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bluesky-GettyImages-2185144073.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-constrained wp-block-post-content-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blue wave swept Bluesky on Tuesday night as the microblogging platform recorded its highest daily number of posts, replies, and likes in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a wave of new people joining and old friends coming back,\u201d Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider posted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Schneider, posts and likes doubled during the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COO Rose Wang told TechCrunch that usage began to peak between 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. PT, when many election results were rolling in. Daily posts and likes increased 30% and 70%, respectively, compared to the previous 30-day averages; clicks on links also spiked 20%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:gsbue2dtbtqzw5du5btlh7p2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mzjm4tvrhs2t\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicn4rtwtpiwmayvcjehrbl2azwui4at4zxxbb75zzzvqrplyyue6y\">\n<p lang=\"en\">are we about to break the all-time record for likes in a single day??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 alex benzer (@alexbenzer.com) 2026-11-05T00:24:42.561Z<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to open source data, Bluesky reached 44 million likes, 4.8 million posts, and 2 million new follows on November 4. This nearly eclipsed Bluesky\u2019s all-time record 45 million likes in a single day, set in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This jump was especially visible in Bluesky\u2019s data traffic, which was 200% higher than usual, reaching up to 35.8 GB\/s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bluesky is \u2014 sometimes snidely \u2014 referred to as \u201cTwitter for the left,\u201d given that its user base seems to skew that way politically. This isn\u2019t a coincidence; Bluesky\u2019s most concentrated period of user growth occurred after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, so it makes sense that those users would post actively during a night of overwhelming victories for the Democratic party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/11\/05\/bluesky-hit-peak-usage-for-the-year-on-election-night\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bluesky-GettyImages-2185144073.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] The blue wave swept Bluesky on Tuesday night as the microblogging platform recorded its highest daily number of posts, replies, and likes in 2026. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing a wave of new people joining and old friends coming back,\u201d Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider posted. 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