Bluesky reaches 40 million registered accounts
Event Reviewed Automatically reviewed for factual accuracy, tone, and neutrality. Review does not check claims against cited sources. Last reviewed 21 September 2026.Bluesky announced that it had passed 40 million registered accounts. Registered accounts are cumulative signups rather than a measure of active use: by March 2026 the platform reported over 43 million registrations, and by mid-2026 monthly active use had fallen to about 10.7 million, well below its post-2024-election peak.
Sources
- 01.
Perez, S. (2025). Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces dislikes beta. TechCrunch. Reports the milestone as announced on 31 October 2025. Bluesky published no blog post for it.
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Bluesky. Bluesky's 2025 $100M Series B Lays Foundation for Open Social Web. (2026). Bluesky's own post of 19 March 2026, stating growth from 13 million to over 43 million global users. Used to corroborate the registered-account scale.
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Perez, S. (2026). Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app. TechCrunch. Source for the gap between registered accounts and active use: roughly 10.7 million monthly active users in Q2 2026, down from a Q4 2024 peak.
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