Bluesky has released its first transparency report, citing a rise in user reports and legal demands

Bluesky issued First transparency report This week documents the actions taken by its Trust and Safety team and the results of other initiatives, such as age guarantee compliance, influence operations monitoring, automated tagging, and more.

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Over the past year, users posted 1.41 billion posts on the platform, representing 61% of all posts ever made on Bluesky. Of these posts, 235 million posts contained media, representing 62% of all media posts shared on Bluesky to date.

The company also reported a five-fold increase in legal requests from law enforcement agencies, government regulators and legal representatives in 2025, with 1,470 requests compared to 238 requests in 2024.

While the company previously shared moderation reports on 2023 and 2024This is the first time that a comprehensive transparency report has been prepared. The new report addresses other areas beyond moderation, such as regulatory compliance and account verification information, among others.

Moderation reports from users jump by 54%

Compared to 2024, when Bluesky saw a 17-fold increase In moderation reports, the company this year recorded a 54% increase, going from 6.48 million user reports in 2024 to 9.97 million in 2025.

Although the number jumped, Plosky noted that the growth “closely tracks” the 57% user growth that occurred over the same period.

About 3% of the user base, or 1.24 million users, submitted reports in 2025, with the top categories being “misleading” (which includes spam) at 43.73% of the total, “harassment” at 19.93%, and sexual content at 13.54%.

The overall “other” category included 22.14% of reports that did not fall into these categories, or others such as violence, child safety, violation of site rules, or self-harm, which represent much lower percentages.

Of the 4.36 million reports in the “misleading” category, spam accounted for 2.49 million reports.

At the same time, hate speech accounted for the largest share of the 1.99 million “harassment” reports, amounting to about 55,400 reports. Other areas of activity included targeted harassment (about 42,520 reports), trolling (29,500 reports), and doxxing (about 3,170 reports).

However, Plosky said the majority of “harassment” reports included those that fell within the gray area of ​​anti-social behavior, which may include rude remarks, but does not fit into other categories, such as hate speech.

Bluesky says most of the sexual content reports (1.52 million) were for mislabels, meaning adult content was not properly flagged using metadata — tags that allow users to control their moderation experience using Bluesky’s tools.

A smaller number of reports focused on non-consensual intimate images (about 7,520), abusive content (about 6,120), and deepfakes (more than 2,000).

Reports that focused on violence (24,670 reports in total) were divided into subcategories such as threats or incitement (about 10,170 reports), glorification of violence (6,630 reports), and extremist content (3,230 reports).

In addition to user reports, Bluesky’s automated system identified 2.54 million potential violations.

One area where Bluesky reported success was a reduction in daily reports of anti-social behavior on the site, which dropped by 79% after implementing a system that identified toxic responses and reduced their visibility by putting them behind an extra click, similar to what X does.

Bluesky also saw a decline in user reporting month over month, with reports per 1,000 monthly active users down 50.9% from January to December.

Beyond moderation, Plosky noted that it removed 3,619 accounts for suspected influence operations, most likely those operating from Russia.

Increases in takedowns and legal requests

The company said last fall it was Get more aggressive About moderation and its enforcement, this seems to be true.

Last year, Bluesky removed 2.44 million items in 2025, including accounts and content. In the previous year, Bluesky deleted 66,308 accounts, and its automated tools removed 35,842 accounts.

Moderators also removed 6,334 records, and automated systems removed 282 records.

Bluesky also issued 3,192 temporary suspensions in 2025, and 14,659 permanent removals for evading the ban. Most permanent suspensions have focused on accounts engaging in inauthentic behavior, spam networks, and impersonation.

However, its report indicates that it would rather categorize content than exclude users. Last year, Bluesky applied 16.49 million labels to content, up 200% year over year, while account removals increased 104% from 1.02 million to 2.08 million. Most ratings included adult and suggestive content or nudity.