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Meta will begin showing ads on Threads to users worldwide next week, with a gradual rollout that will continue for several months. Threads, Meta’s rival to X, launched in July 2023 and now tops 400 ...

A new report has been published, indicating that X users are dwindling while the number of Android and iOS visits to Threads has steadily increased and surpassed the Twitter it once was. Since Twitter ...

Meta's Threads has now reportedly surpassed its rival X (formerly Twitter) in daily mobile usage globally. Market intelligence firm Similarweb (via TechCrunch) reports that Threads recorded 141.5 ...

While X is still the microblogging champion in web browsers, multiple reports are making Threads' ascent seem durable and convincing. Reading time 2 minutes Say what you will about the social media ...

Threads is one of the two big platforms that materialized in 2023 as alternatives to X/Twitter when Elon Musk really started remaking it in his own image. Bluesky developed an unmistakable identity as ...

If you use Threads, you’ve probably seen topic tags, which users can add to posts when they want to reach more people interested in that same subject. Today, Meta is combining topic tags with its ...

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Threads, Meta’s X competitor that looked to capitalize on user discontent with billionaire Elon Musk’s acquisition and rebranding of Twitter, is inching closer to potentially overtaking X in daily ...

Two years in, Threads is starting to look more and more like the most viable challenger to X. It passed 350 million monthly users earlier this year and Mark Zuckerberg has predicted it could be Meta's ...

New data from digital market intelligence company Similarweb shows Threads a close second to X when compared by number of worldwide daily active users on iOS and Android. For June 2025, X had about ...

"Threads was created for sharing perspectives that generate vibrant, public conversations, but sometimes you want to take a conversation further, one-on-one," said Meta's team. "Messaging has been one ...