Bluesky traffic surges to double
The gist
Bluesky said it hit "200% of our usual data traffic" as midterm polls closed, and its CEO said posts and likes doubled.
The surge follows months of declining use, so watch whether the new sign-ups stay.
How it unfolded
- Jul 2026Bluesky use was dwindling overall; its mobile daily active user count fell 25.6% year-over-year to around 3 million.
- Nov 4, 2026Before the polls closed on midterm election night, Bluesky posted that it was experiencing "200% of our usual data traffic—and climbing!" and thanked users for "a night to remember."
- Nov 4, 2026The Senate race in Texas was called for Democrat James Talarico.
Key terms
- midterm
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- decentralized
- Describing a system where resources and functions are distributed to individual workstations rather than controlled by one central location.
- Senate race
- A change in which party holds the majority of seats in the U.S. Senate after an election.
Source: Wikipedia