PostEaseGrowth here is more about community than broad reach
Since a meaningful share of discovery happens through topic-specific custom feeds and genuine reply-driven conversation, growth on Bluesky tends to come more from becoming a recognized, engaged presence within a specific community than from chasing broad, undirected reach the way a purely algorithmic feed might reward.
Genuinely replying to others is a legitimate growth strategy
Replying substantively to accounts already active in a relevant community, rather than only posting original content, is one of the more effective ways to become visible to an interested audience before an account has much reach of its own.
Consistency compounds within a specific niche
Posting consistently and specifically within one topic area tends to build recognition faster than covering many unrelated topics, since it makes an account easier to identify and easier for a relevant custom feed to surface repeatedly.