record: broken. 21.7K unique identities have published non-bluesky data so far this week, the most ever. (and we're less than halfway through the ufos-week)
fig (aka:[phil])
oooooo ya we're only like three days into this ufos-week, and on track to blow past the non-bsky weekly-actives record
Sep 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
PDSList - A database of Bluesky PDSes
A database of Bluesky PDSes that are 'open' - by madebydanny.uk
thebigtradeoff
thebigtradeoff - the new blog in LiveJournal. There should be new interesting records soon.
Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ (@elena@aseachange.com)
[1 media attachment] Good morning Fedi friends. Is anybody curious about how the #WSocial experiment is going? You know, the private, for profit "European answer to X" endorsed by the European Commission, which is a fork of Bluesky and has quietly gone closed-source before its beta launch (à la #TruthSocial)? I've got numbers for you! Nearly two months in, W Social has almost the same number of accounts as #Eurosky... You know, the European fork of Bluesky that does NOT require government IDs to post. W Social: 23.5k accounts Eurosky: 24.8k accounts In order to post on W Social you need to provide your government ID and go through a 13-step verification process. So far 4.5k accounts are verified but only 2036 (as of this morning) have ever published a single post or reply. There is a handy website - https://pdsls.dev - that allows you to monitor the "firehose" of any ATproto-powered PDS. Inspired by @pallenberg and his awesome videos (example: https://mu.social/profile/palle.eurosky.social/post/3mskkqrrc522l) I have been comparing the live activities of the two networks. The difference is SHOCKING. W Social is largely a zombie, dormant network, with a high number of accounts that do not interact. Eurosky by contrast shows very lively activity. The screenshot I grabbed yesterday shows a side-by-side comparison of their firehose over a 27 minute period. W Social had a total of 240 events (follows, likes, posts...) whereas Eurosky registered 7596 events in the same time interval. A couple of days ago I downloaded their PDS and saw that 67,8% of their accounts have 0 follows, 0 followers and 0 posts. That's what I mean when I call it a "zombie network." W Social's CEO says they plan to start monetizing by introducing ads in 2027. WITH THESE NUMBERS?!? Sure Jan. I love how with the transparency of open data you can't really use the standard playbook of CEO hype and hubris. Because we can all see their numbers. And they are BAAAAD. I have been feeling…
Bluesky Counter (Free Bluesky Analytics) – Marc Köhlbrugge
Marc Köhlbrugge's Bluesky profile stats and follower analytics
Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)
📝 #WSocial state of the network 📣 for those who are curious about it, considering the enthusiastic endorsement by prestigious European institutions. #OpenData allows me to crunch numbers (information about Bluesky PDSs is readily available). On day 18 since its beta launch in Brussels, W Social has 7935 accounts: - 90,5% have never* published a single post - 82,2% have 0 followers - 78% follow 0 accounts (may be related to #WIdentity and its 13-step process) LMK if you find this useful
Bluesky Analytics
Engagement analytics for Bluesky accounts. See which posts resonated most.
Current events are making it challenging to track MPs and reputable organisations that are permanently migrating to Bluesky. If folks see examples that we need to assess for verification - do let me know. Will limit it largely to politicians, govt orgs and large orgs at the moment for this pass.
#WSocial state of the network - September 15, 2026 There is a lot of misinformation regarding W Social and how active the network is. So, from time to time, I'd love to share some numbers. This is the beauty of #OpenData 💫 sources: pdsls.dev, clearsky.app, atproto.at #WSocialPics #WSocialFacts
About a ~dozen things from the first ~month of the year, retroactively aggregated…likely some you may have missed! Both new features — page width, small/large text, cover images, editable post dates — and improvements to things like mentions, block handling, and our Bluesky thread viewer ✨
New year Leaflet improvements roundup
lab.leaflet.pubW Social has crossed 1k weekly active users in my stats, and getting close to ½ of what Blacksky has… 🫣 blue.mackuba.eu/stats/#weekly_pds_chart
Bluesky Apps / Clients
These do not hold their own records but instead use the bluesky records. They are not likely not appviews (subject to change since things keep changing)
Catapult
Native Bluesky client for iPhone & iPad | Burton
Bsky+ for Bluesky
Blacksky
kindgracekind/impro-plugin-timed-mutes
timer
