How to See Bluesky Content Without an Account

• To view a Bluesky profile without an account, replace <username> with that of the person you want to see: https://bsky.app/profile/<username>.bsky.social
• If you have the URL of a Bluesky post, you can paste it into any web browser to see it and all replies to the conversation.
• To search Bluesky or see live conversations without an account, check out tools like Bskypulse, Firesky, and Bskyreader.

Viewing Profiles & Posts Without an Account

To see Bluesky profiles and posts without an account, you'll just need a web browser. Bluesky profiles follow the format https://bsky.app/profile/.bsky.social. Just replace with the username of the Bluesky user whose profile you want to see. For example, to check out the user bodegacats on Bluesky without an account, you'd go to https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social. Bluesky posts begin with the profile URL of the person who created the post, followed by /post/ and a series of letters and numbers. For example, https://bsky.app/profile/bodegacats.bsky.social/post/3kj2ycmduga25 is a post by the Bluesky user bodegacats. You can also search Google for the person's username (or full name, if you don't know it) and "Bluesky" to find their profile and posts.

Search & Discover New Content Without an Account

You can search Bluesky and filter live content without an account. Unlike rival Twitter/X, developers are encouraged to create apps that make Bluesky content useful to everyone. You don't need a Bluesky account to search for keywords and usernames, or even to view live conversations as they happen. Check out these Bluesky "firehose" tools: BskyReader makes it easy to find trending Bluesky content, popular users, and posts from specific regions—no account necessary. Click Search at the top to look up specific keywords and see results from posts, replies, and more. Firesky is a fast-scrolling site that reshares everything that's posted to Bluesky in real time. If you want to track keywords and conversations as they're happening, click Filter at the top-right, then enter the keyword or other filter terms. Bsky Pulse is similar to Firesky, but also lets you see other information, like Bluesky's most active users. You can also search for keywords in past posts, not just those happening right now.

Hiding Your Posts from Logged Out Users

Bluesky posts are public by default. Unlike X/Twitter, which lets users make their tweets private, Bluesky posts are visible to anyone on Bluesky—at least for now. If you don't want people who don't have accounts to find your posts, you can enable a feature that discourages developers from showing your posts in their apps—think apps like Firesky and Bsky Pulse). To make your posts more private, click or tap Moderation and select "Discourage apps from showing my account to logged-out users." Keep in mind that this is not fail-proof. Some app developers may ignore this setting and show your posts in their web apps. This setting will also not prevent people from going directly to your Bluesky profile or post in a web browser.