--- title: "Bluesky launches group chats and pivots to communities as growth stalls at 44.8 million users" url: https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-launches-group-chats-and-pivots-to-communities-as-growth-stalls-at-44-8-million-users-ic7zf0mlh source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/bluesky-group-chats-communities-strategy type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-11T20:26:46.702Z updated: 2026-06-11T20:27:05.936Z tags: ["social-media"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bluesky launches group chats and pivots to communities as growth stalls at 44.8 million users **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bluesky has launched group chats supporting up to 50 participants and announced plans to build Reddit-style communities with custom handles. The strategic pivot comes as Bluesky's growth has stalled at 44.8 million registered users, far behind X's 600 million monthly actives and Threads. Communities will be built on the AT Protocol, offering public, invite-only, or private spaces with user-controlled moderation. The timing is notable as X recently shut down its own Communities feature. Bluesky is betting that depth of engagement and user-owned spaces on an open protocol can differentiate it from Big Tech competitors, even if raw user numbers remain much smaller. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-launches-group-chats-as-company-shifts-focus-to-community-features-faqukrrrd) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-s-active-user-base-is-shrinking-as-its-focus-expands-beyond-the-app-lsydq1hj8) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the X competitor](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-bluesky-everything-to-know-about-the-x-competitor-xjdwe9bwr) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bluesky embraces long-form content to counter X Articles](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-embraces-long-form-content-to-counter-x-articles-35ttjstgi) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bluesky teases 2026 roadmap: a better Discover feed, real-time features and more](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-teases-2026-roadmap-a-better-discover-feed-real-time-features-and-more-3u8c5691x) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bluesky-launches-group-chats-and-pivots-to-communities-as-growth-stalls-at-44-8-million-users-ic7zf0mlh)