With Bluesky rapidly gaining a lot of followers over the past few weeks, a variety of tools are becoming available that let users find accounts they can follow on the platform. Bluesky Network Analyzer is one such third-party tool that you can use, but unlike most other tools, it does not suggest accounts based on your social media activity.

Instead, it takes into account the people you already follow and then extrapolates to determine the accounts they follow. In other words, it goes through the list of people you follow and finds popular accounts associated with those that you don't follow before recommending those. Using the tool is also quite simple and here is how to do so.

  1. Go to the Bluesky Network Analyzer website and enter your Bluesky username into the provided box.
  1. Click on the 'Analyze' button on the right and wait for the tool to search for accounts. This can take some time so wait until the process is complete.
  1. Bluesky Network Analyzer will show you a list of accounts that you can follow.
  1. If you want to follow the accounts directly from the website, you will need to create a Bluesky app password. Click on 'Add an app password to enable follow buttons (optional)' below the search box.
  1. The 'Bluesky App Password' page will open in a new tab. Click on the 'Add app password' button to create a new app password.
  1. Type in a name for your app password and click on the 'Next' button. Make sure to use a name that makes it easy to remember what the app password is for. If you want, you can allow access to your direct messages by clicking on the respective checkbox.
  1. Your app password will appear on your screen. Copy it and save it somewhere else since it won't be visible again. Then click on the 'Done' button.
  1. Go back to the Network Analyzer website and enter the app password you just created. You will see the 'Follow' button appear next to each account. Now, you can just click on the button for each account you want to follow.
  1. If you want to follow accounts without using an app password, right-click on an account to open it in a new tab and then click on the 'Follow' button.

Things to know

  • Depending on the number of people you follow on Bluesky, the Bluesky Network Analyzer can take some time to complete its search and show you suggested accounts.
  • You can also configure how you want the results to appear by clicking on the 'Sort by proportion' option instead of the default 'Sort by total' option. This will show you accounts with fewer followers at the top of the list.
  • If you use an app password to follow accounts directly from the Bluesky Network Analyzer website, the password will be stored locally and will not be sent to the website.
  • Since the Bluesky Network Analyzer suggests accounts you should follow based on people you already follow, the larger the number of people you follow, the greater the number of suggestions the website will offer.