Alternative to X: Metas Threads has more than 130 million users

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Alternative to X
Metas Threads has more than 130 million users

The social media app Threads is on Meta’s photo

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Threads only launched in the EU in December after a long delay. Now the social network already has 130 million users. But compared to other meta services, this is still little.

Threads, the Facebook group Meta’s alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter successor X, now has 130 million monthly active users. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg named the number when presenting business figures on Thursday. Threads gained around 30 million users within three months. Meta launched the service in the EU in December after months of delays.

Zuckerberg had always said that he saw the potential for more than a billion users on Threads. He emphasized that the app is now being used more than during the initial short-term push to launch it last summer.

Compared to other meta services, Threads is still small. Facebook now has 3.07 billion monthly active users. Every month, 3.19 million users access at least one app from the group, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, among others.

Threads is docked to Meta’s photo and video service Instagram and can therefore rely on existing connections between hundreds of millions of users.

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