The White House Joins BlueSky and Instantly Becomes the 2nd-Most Blocked Account -- After JD Vance [View all]

Source: Yahoo! News/MEDIAite

Sun, October 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM EDT


President Donald Trump’s White House is already the second most-blocked account on Bluesky, just days after joining the platform. The only account ahead of it on the block list? It belongs to Vice President JD Vance.

The White House joined Bluesky on Friday evening, and less than 48 hours later, it has been blocked by more than 92,000 users, according to VQV, an app that tracks Bluesky stats. Vance has racked up 166,000 blocks since joining the platform in June.

That means at this rate, the White House will leapfrog the vice president for the infamous, or venerable, depending on who you ask, position of being the most-blocked account on Bluesky.

The platform has become a go-to social media safe space for liberals who did not want to use X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, following the 2024 election. Bluesky was dubbed “Blue Heaven” by some members of “The Resistance” to Donald Trump, and many journalists and media pundits migrated over to the app and ditched X.

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