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mastodon vs bluesky on Hacker News

Across 2007–2026 of Hacker News, mastodon leads mastodon vs bluesky with 26,340 mentions to bluesky’s 9,825, peaking in Oct 2022.

Mention-over-time for mastodon vs bluesky, overlaid across 2007–2026 of Hacker News. Each line is a live date-histogram over ~45M posts and comments, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

mastodon26,340 mentions, peak Oct 2022bluesky9,825 mentions, peak Nov 2024
2008201120142017202020232026
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How the lead changed hands

The Twitter-alternative relay: Mastodon spikes with the 2022 acquisition exodus, then Bluesky overtakes it as the destination in 2024–25.

The stories behind each line

Top “mastodon” stories
  1. Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon 646 points · 2022
  2. Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon 638 points · 2021
  3. Mastodon.technology Shutdown 630 points · 2022
  4. I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon 617 points · 2025
Top “bluesky” stories
  1. When imperfect systems are good: Bluesky's lossy timelines 785 points · 2025
  2. Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters 760 points · 2024
  3. This website is hosted on Bluesky 713 points · 2024
  4. The Bluesky firehose viewed in the style of a Windows XP screensaver 602 points · 2024

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