Founded in 2019, Hive Social is seen by many as an alternative to Twitter, which is having its own troubles now, with the resignation of a top security chief and new information emerging on a recent data breach.

With numerous concerned users fleeing Twitter following its acquisition by Elon Musk, Hive Social has registered a spike in new accounts, and announced in November 2022 that it has surpassed 1.5 million accounts.

On November 30, German security collective Zerforschung published a blog post to warn of many security vulnerabilities identified in Hive Social’s code.