As of Tuesday, Threads was the top rated “free” app on Apple’s App Store. Bluesky was seventh on the list — ahead of Instagram, Facebook and X.
Left-leaning social media users have reportedly flocked to upstarts Bluesky and Threads — two rival apps to X, the site owned by Donald Trump-backing billionaire Elon Musk — after the former president’s victory last week.
But as of Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg’s site was the top rated “free” app on Apple’s App Store. Bluesky was seventh on the list of free apps — ahead of Instagram, Facebook and X. 'Deadbeat' hedge fund boss who's being sued by his own mom has been living it up in Miami — while clients demand cash backWhile Bluesky and Threads have added users, they are both significantly behind X, which has 318 million monthly users, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion and then rebranded the site as X, endorsed Trump and actively promoted his candidacy during the campaign.
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