Bluesky

Bluesky (abbreviated as Bsky) is an American microblogging social media service. Users can share short posts containing text, images, and videos. It is owned by Bluesky Social PBC, a benefit corporation based in the United States.

Key facts

Website.name: Bluesky
Website.logo: Bluesky Logo.svg
Website.logo_size: 125
Website.logo_alt: A simplified silhouette of a butterfly, with two symmetric pairs of wings, colored with a sky-blue gradient
Website.logo_caption: Logo since December 2023
Website.screenshot: File:Bluesky_profile_of_Wikipedia_(March_2025).png
Website.screenshot_size: 275
Website.screenshot_alt: Web interface showing a user account on Bluesky. To the left, a list of different modes. In the center, a banner and profile description above a feed with posts and attached media. To the right, a list of user-selected custom feeds and trending topics.
Website.caption: Screenshot of the Bluesky desktop interface, featuring the account of the English Wikipedia, March 2025
Website.type: Social networking service
Website.language: 41 languages
Website.headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States
Website.area_served: Worldwide
Website.owner: Bluesky Social, PBC
Website.founder: Jack Dorsey
Website.CEO: Toni Schneider (interim)
Website.key_people: Jay Graber, Jeremie Miller, Mike Masnick, Rose Wang, and Kinjal Shah
Website.employees: 29 (September 2025)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

History
Research initiative
Incorporation and independence from Twitter
Invitation-only open beta
Public launch
Growth in usership
During invitation-only open beta
After public launch
Post–2024 United States presidential election growth
Corporate structure
Software and protocol
Features
Reception
Legal and regulatory issues
Age verification laws
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
Blocking in Turkey
See also
Notes
References
External links

Bluesky was developed as a reference implementation of the AT Protocol, an open communication protocol for distributed social networks. Bluesky Social promotes a composable user experience and algorithmic choice as core features of Bluesky. The platform offers a "marketplace of algorithms" where users can choose or create algorithmic feeds, user-managed moderation and labelling services, and user-made "starter packs" that allow users to quickly follow a large number of related accounts within a community or subculture. The AT Protocol offers a domain-name–based handle system within Bluesky, allowing users to self-verify an account's legitimacy and identity by proving ownership of a domain name.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bluesky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.