A Cooling Atmosphere‽ Bluesky 🦋 App Downloads Are Declining
After becoming the media darling weeks ago due to frustrations with X (formally Twitter) & news throttling on Threads (by Meta & Instagram), I have noticed that app downloads for the Bluesky app have been steadily declining after previously securing the top spot in-app charts.
Five days ago, I mentioned on @darnell@one.darnell.one how Threads had regained the top spot on Apple's App Store, while Bluesky had fallen to 18th place. After checking the app rankings on Apple's App Store & Google Play (for Android), it appears that Bluesky has fallen further down the charts while Threads has only taken a slight decrease on both app stores.
Threads Rankings on iPhone & Mobile Android (United States 🇺🇸)
Bluesky Rankings on iPhone & Mobile Android (United States 🇺🇸)
Why Is Attention Towards Bluesky Cooling Down‽
My theory as to why Bluesky is starting to drop off is due to a simple factor: most people are unfortunately not interested in politics & news. This is what ultimately kept Twitter from becoming the “pulse of the planet,” & we are witnessing something similar with Bluesky.
While the app will no doubt remain hyperactive amongst the media elites, the masses will probably continue to flock towards Threads (who I believe is throttling political content for business reasons), the latter which will probably surpass X in 2025.
Ironically, X is also seeing a surge of downloads, as the app was embarrassingly not even in the top 200 over a week ago (I assume downloads are increasing due to what is happening in Syria 🇸🇾 right now).
Note: X was not prominent enough to make it to Google's top 45 apps, so I am using stats from App Figures, which shows slightly different rankings for Threads, Bluesky & X on Android (United States 🇺🇸).
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