Bluesky Insights
Bluesky Insights is a free web-based analytics tool for the Bluesky social network.
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Description
Bluesky Insights is a free web-based analytics platform designed specifically for the Bluesky social network. It provides detailed insights into user activity, engagement trends, and content themes without requiring account authentication. Think of it like a “Social Blade” for Bluesky: a third-party website that lets anyone plug in a publicly available Bluesky handle to see at-a-glance metrics and in-depth data visualizations.
Features
Overview Metrics
Total Posts, Following, Followers: A quick snapshot of overall activity and reach.
Average Likes, Reposts, Replies: High-level engagement averages to gauge how each post typically performs.
Favorite Hashtag & Emoji: Identifies which hashtag or emoji appears most often in your posts.
Most Active Day: Pinpoints the single day with the highest posting volume.
Engagement Rate
Shows likes, reposts, quotes, and replies over a selected time range (e.g., last 7 days).
Includes easy-to-read charts for spotting engagement spikes and trends.
Posts Breakdown by Type
Pie chart illustrating the proportion of original posts, reposts, quotes, and replies.
Quickly see if you’re more of a content creator, curator, or conversationalist.
Word Cloud
Automatically generates a cloud of frequently used words and hashtags in your posts. (The download feature will save it as a *.png file without watermarks.)
Helps reveal dominant themes, topics, or campaigns the user engages with most.
Top Post
Identifies best-performing post, based on likes, reposts, replies, or other interactions.
Posts Activity by Hour
Bar chart showing posting times across a 24-hour period.
From an open source research standpoint, seeing peak posting times can hint at a user’s likely time zone or routine and help pinpoint when they’re most responsive to events. This allows researchers to focus their monitoring efforts during the most active windows, improving real-time data collection and analysis
Open Source Research Applications
Profile Monitoring: Analyze public figures, organizations, or suspicious accounts for posting habits and engagement trends.
Disinformation Tracking: Detect potential “coordinated” engagement patterns or sudden spikes in follower counts.
Narrative Analysis: Examine common themes and keywords across user-generated content.
Comparative Analysis: Compare multiple Bluesky accounts to identify similarities in timing, content, or engagement trends.
By enabling analytics on Bluesky profiles, Bluesky Insights can provide valuable insights for researchers, journalists, and analysts investigating interactions or influence within this decentralized platform.
Cost
Level of difficulty
Requirements
No sign-up or login required.
Works with any modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.).
Bluesky handle for the target profile (e.g.,
@username.bsky.social).
Limitations
Bluesky-Only Scope: The tool is limited to analyzing Bluesky profiles; it does not support other social networks like Twitter/X or Mastodon.
No Network Graphs: Follower/following relationships are displayed numerically, but there is no built-in visualization of social network links.
Ethical Considerations
Respect User Privacy: Although data is public, users may not expect deep analytics done based on their data.
Avoid Misuse: Use responsibly for legitimate open source research purposes.
Guides and articles
OSINT Resources on Bluesky: OSINT Combine Guide
Tool provider
Independent developer "Sahaj" (@iamsahaj.xyz; Gurugram, India)
Advertising Trackers
Martin Sona
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