Stephen King is leaving X – here you can find him

A day after putting rumors of his X ban to bed, author Stephen King has announced his official exit from the app formerly known as Twitter.

“I’m leaving Twitter,” he wrote on November 14. “Tried to stay but the atmosphere just got too toxic. Follow me on threads if you want.”

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The move doesn’t come as much of a surprise if you’ve been paying attention to the App Store charts. In recent days, X competitors Bluesky and Threads have risen in popularity, leaving billionaire Elon Musk’s app in the dust. For X users, the exodus is a direct response to the US election results and Musk’s new role in President-elect Donald Trump’s government.

Earlier this week, Bluesky reported over 700,000 new sign-ups, with the app reaching No. 1 on the Apple App Store charts. Over on Threads, King’s new home, Meta reports that its X alternative has reached 275 million active users. No doubt the horror maestro’s move to Threads will inspire some of his 7 million followers on X to do the same.

King has been a vocal critic of Musk’s since the tech billionaire bought the platform in late 2022, publicly lambasting Musk’s decisions and occasionally using his platform for trolling purposes.

So it should come as no surprise King’s first post on threads is a critical assessment of Trump’s “ridiculous” cabinet selection. He writes: “Klown Karen isn’t quite drunk, but it’s getting there.”