Ever since Tesla and Space X tech billionaire Elon Musk petitioned to buy Twitter in 2022, a mess has followed him and the renamed X. When Musk purchased the site for $44 billion, he vowed to make the app and company,

Since the election, people have been fleeing X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter that Telsa/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk purchased. On the day after the election: More than 115,000 X users in the U.

The user count keeps growing. According to the newest stats, it has shot up to more than 16.6 million since Tuesday, up from 9 million in early September and 12 million around mid-October. You can even watch the numbers climb in real time.

Social media site Bluesky has gained 1 million new users in the week since the U.S. election, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and engage with others online.

The social media site Bluesky has seen many new users join since the US election. View on euronews

The fast-growing social network appeared to be unavailable or lagging for thousands of users on Thursday morning following a mass exodus on X. Bluesky, the popular X alternative, appeared to be down or lagging for thousands of users on Thursday morning,

Social media platform Bluesky is adding millions of users as people flee X after Donald Trump was elected U.S. President and as an upcoming change to the terms of service threatens to complicate legal challenges for the Elon Musk-owned platform.

Bluesky has rapidly gained users as people say they're departing Elon Musk's X after the US election. It reported outages on Thursday.