As we head into 2026, we wanted to share a few predictions about what we think people will do online this year, with a taste of how we're building Bluesky to meet them there.
What's Next at Bluesky - Bluesky
As we head into 2026, we're entering a new phase for the Bluesky app. Last year was about scaling through rapid growth and getting the fundamentals in place. This year is about leaning into what's working and investing more intentionally in the things that make Bluesky different.
2025 Transparency Report Overview - Bluesky
In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25 million to 41 million users, we improved the trust and safety infrastructure to better enable our mission. Here's what that looks like in plain language.
Is Bluesky dying?
An attempt to untangle a few different arguments around the future of Bluesky – if it has one
The Best Time to Post on Bluesky in 2026, According to 3 Million Posts
The best times and days to post on Bluesky for engagement, the times best avoided, based on an analysis of over 3 million posts.
Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report - Bluesky
Throughout 2025, our Trust & Safety work was guided by the premise that social media should serve the people using it. Our transparency report provides data and details about those investments, and the progress we made this year.
Design for Living - Juliet's rambles
We can date back Bluesky to 2023, when it officially launched as an invite-only beta, but the protocol truly had its beginnings in 2024 after PDSes became selfh...
Rethinking Bluesky's "Decentralization": An Assessment as of January 2026 - Nightflight
January 19, 2026
My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions - Tim Chambers
Predictions for 2026 include growth forecasts for various social media platforms, advancements in federated technologies, and anticipated shifts in how …
What is Bluesky when it’s not the underdog? | TechCrunch
Bluesky is having a moment — a moment that’s already stretched on for nearly three months. Over the summer, the social media app saw a wave of new
My top Bluesky feature requests for 2024
In 2023 my social media consumption changed dramatically after I DM'd a random mufo on what-was-then-called Twitter for a Bluesky invite. At the time, I was floating between Twitter itself and Mastodon for my primary daily social media experience. On one hand, I loathed Twitter (and
The sooner the Atmosphere becomes less Bluesky-centric, the better for everyone, include Bluesky PBC. It's fantastic to have bsky as a launching pad, but the Atmosphere's potential is so so much bigger. Let this year be the year we have big succesful apps where the bsky association is incidental.
this latest “bluesky is dying” wave feels like a good time for me to reshare the talk i gave at Atmosphere Conference 2026 i’m biased of course, but i think it does a pretty damn good job of explaining how we got here and where we’re going i’ve never felt more certain that atproto will “win”
From Toilets to Moths: The Future of Social Media is Weird and Not for Everyone
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Anil Dash
It's important to understand: social networks are not meant to be one-size-fits all! When Meta (which makes Threads, as well as Facebook and Instagram) creates platforms that have hundreds of millions of users, they do things like enable genocides, where tens of thousands of innocent people die.
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/coming-off-the-ben…
