Bluesky sets yearly activity record on the night of the US midterm elections

Election night became Bluesky's peak of activity

On Tuesday, November 4, 2026, the night of the US midterm elections, the microblogging platform Bluesky recorded its highest daily number of posts, replies, and likes of the year. This was reported by TechCrunch citing company data and open sources.

What the numbers showed

According to Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, the number of posts and likes doubled on election night; she also wrote about a wave of new people and the return of old friends. The company's COO Rose Wang clarified that the peak occurred between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM Pacific time, when the bulk of the results were coming in. Compared with the averages for the previous 30 days, daily posts rose by 30%, likes by 70%, and link clicks by 20%.

Nearly an all-time record for the platform

According to open data, on November 4 the platform saw 44 million likes, 4.8 million posts, and 2 million new follows. That came close to Bluesky's all-time record of 45 million likes in a single day, set in November 2024. That evening, user alex benzer (@alexbenzer.com) asked on the network whether the record for likes in a single day would be broken. Traffic on the platform was 200% above normal, reaching 35.8 GB/s.

Context

Bluesky is often called — sometimes ironically — Twitter for the left, since its audience, as TechCrunch has observed, leans politically leftward. The most intense influx of users came after Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, so the audience's activity on a night of Democratic Party wins looks natural. TechCrunch also notes that after the midterms, which saw a notable success for the Democrats (a blue wave), another conflict may intensify — the one over data centers.