Guides to Bluesky
How Bluesky works and what to do about it, measured where it can be. Each ends with your own figures, free.
The best time to post on Bluesky
Bluesky's Following feed is chronological, so timing is your own followers' hours. What the data shows and how to find your own best hours, free.
How hashtags work on Bluesky
Hashtags on Bluesky are followable links that feed custom feeds. How many to use, where to put them, and how to see which ones lift your posts.
How to grow on Bluesky
Profile, starter packs, custom feeds, replies, timing and hashtags, and how to tell which of them is actually moving your follower count.
Bluesky labels and content warnings
How self-labels and content warnings work on Bluesky, what a labelled post looks like to different people, and how to label every post by default.
Bluesky starter packs
Starter packs are Bluesky's fastest follower source. How to build one people share, how to get into others, and how to count the followers they bring.
Alt text on Bluesky
What alt text does on Bluesky, who reads it, how to write it in a few plain sentences, and how to make sure no image goes out without it.
Bluesky threads
A Bluesky post is 300 characters. How to write a thread that reads well, where the hook and the hashtags go, and how to schedule one in advance.
Growing on Bluesky from zero
A week-by-week plan for a brand new Bluesky account: the profile, the first posts, starter packs and feeds, replies, and how to tell what is working.
Your own domain as your Bluesky handle
How to make your domain your Bluesky handle with a DNS TXT record or a .well-known file, what happens to the old handle, and what to check when it fails.
Bluesky analytics glossary
Every figure a Bluesky analytics page shows, defined plainly, with how Updrift measures each: followers by the hour, day-one engagement, lift and reach.
Bluesky engagement rate
The formula for engagement rate on Bluesky, why first-day and per-thousand figures make posts comparable, and why your own median beats any benchmark.
Who stopped following me on Bluesky?
Bluesky does not say who left. How to see new and lost followers over time, what Updrift shows on Free and on paid plans, and how to read a drop.
How often to post on Bluesky
On a chronological feed spacing matters more than volume. One to three posts a day, why the gap matters, threads, and how to measure your own cadence.
A link page for Bluesky
A Bluesky bio takes one link. A link page on updrift.link holds the rest, counts each click, tracks links per post and campaign, and can show a notice.
Plan Bluesky posts from Claude
Updrift's MCP server lets Claude read your Bluesky figures and plan campaigns. The three setup steps, what a plan looks like and what a trial allows.
See your own figures, free.
Followers by the hour, the posts that landed, your best hours and how your hashtags do. One account, no card, for good.
The Planner, the Inbox and the full What works report come with a paid plan, 7 days free. See the plans.