Within 4 days of its launch, the Quiver Quantitative tracker said Threads from Meta had more than 100 million users.
According to Engadget, Threads is a “brother” to Instagram, so more than 1 billion users of the photo-sharing platform can easily sign up (not counting users in the European Union, where the app isn’t available yet). available).
This impressive number is achieved even when Threads is still in its early stages and lacks basic features that many consider essential, for example, search is limited to usernames, and hashtags are not supported. with # and can’t post Threads from web
Perhaps the most frustrating thing for those used to Twitter is that Threads doesn’t yet have a chronological feed of posts. The algorithmic feed is filled with brands, influencers, and celebrities, making it hard for users to keep up with what friends and family are posting. A chronological feed is on the way, but Twitter may still be the go-to app of choice for up-to-the-minute news.
“Politics and ‘hot’ news will certainly appear on Threads, but we won’t do anything to encourage them,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote, noting that Threads’ intent is not to replace Twitter.
Co-founder Christopher Kardatzke, who built the Quiver Quantitative tool, says their data is pulled from Instagram users’ profiles. “By looking at the profiles of people who have joined the platform, I can see where they are in line and get an idea of how many users have signed up overall,” he said