It's perhaps expected that Bluesky might have issues. Amid Musk's high-profile support for President-elect Donald Trump lots of users made an exodus for Bluesky. It skyrocketed to the top of Apple's App Store, adding approximately 100,000 users per day since last week's election.

Social media app Bluesky has emerged on top of Apple ’s App Store amid a mass exodus from Elon Musk -owned X post the US presidential election. X rival apps Bluesky and Threads have both risen to ranks #1 and #2 on Apple’s App store following Donald Trump ’s victory in the US elections.

X users are weighing the decision to keep their followings or build them back up on alternative platforms after the election.