How much of Bluesky is AI-generated?
of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average
As of 2026-10-04, 7.3% of content sampled from Bluesky was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 8,338 classified items).
- Sample: 8,338 classified items (cumulative, whole platform). The rate is the 30-day, volume-weighted average — the same figure shown on the dashboard and the per-platform badge.
- Versus the internet-wide rate: Dead Internet Monitor's all-source 30-day AI rate is 13.8%. Bluesky runs 0.5× that rate — at or below the internet-wide baseline.
- Excluding automated moderation: 7.3% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
- Excluding org-handle syndication: 5.4% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
- Dead Internet Index: 3.3.
Communities within Bluesky
The 2 communities tracked on this platform, ranked by 30-day AI rate. Each links to its full evidence record — trend, sample size, and methodology.
- bluesky/discover — 10.5%
- bluesky/hot_classic — 3.7%
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How this is measured
Each item collected from Bluesky is classified by an LLM as AI-generated, human, or uncertain. The headline figure is the 30-day, volume-weighted share classified AI-generated — high-volume days count proportionally more. Read the full methodology, explore every community on the dashboard, or pull the underlying data from the open data API (CC BY 4.0).