Bluesky as a Listening Source

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Bluesky is a social media platform like X (formerly Twitter) that allows users to share short messages, images, and videos. By adding Bluesky as a Listening Source, you can listen to and learn from Bluesky data.

Release Note: Bluesky will be available as a listening source in the 20.2 release, scheduled for February 2025.

Bluesky Source Capabilities

The following are the capabilities of Bluesky as a listening source:

Source

Bluesky

Source of Data

Official API

Latency

1 to 3 minutes.

Historical Data

Available (from 7th November 2024)

Backfill Support

Yes (from 7th November 2024)

Engagement Details Refresh Rate

Like Count, Reply Count, Repost Count, and Quote Count are updated.

Profile Metadata Details

Available (Author Handle, Display Name, Profile URL, Profile Image).

Message Type

Bluesky Post, Bluesky Repost, Bluesky Reply, Bluesky Mention.

Media Type

Photo, Quoted Status, Video, GIF.

You can now access the follower count, following count, and total post count information for the account.

Note: DP needs to be enabled to use Bluesky as a listening source.

Fetch Data from Bluesky

Fetching data from Bluesky allows you to access and analyze user-generated content, including posts, images, and videos, to gain insights and monitor platform trends. To fetch data from Bluesky, you must create a Topic or edit existing Topics to include Bluesky as one of its sources.

You can also select Bluesky in the Dashboard or Widget level “Source” filter in Listening Dashboards.

Backfill Data from Bluesky

Once the topic is created or updated, you can backfill all the topics.

FAQ

We are currently working on adding these profile metadata details.

No, Bluesky does not provide location metadata.