Threads hits 175 mn users on first anniversary
Posted on AllSides July 3rd, 2024
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Threads, Meta’s alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch. “What a year,” Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday on Threads in announcing the platform had reached the threshold. Threads, which hit app stores on July 5 last year, is a spin-off of Instagram and is intended to be a rival to X, formerly known as Twitter, after that platform alienated many users and advertisers following Elon Musk’s purchase in 2022. Threads was rushed out after Musk threatened...
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