News: 0178657454

  ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Threads Now Has More Than 400 Million Monthly Active Users

(Tuesday August 12, 2025 @05:20PM (BeauHD) from the thread-count dept.)


Meta's Threads has [1]surpassed 400 million monthly active users , adding 50 million in the last quarter and closing the gap with rival X in mobile daily usage. "As of a few weeks ago [there are] more than 400 million people active on Threads every month," [2]said Instagram head Adam Mosseri. "It's been quite the ride over the last two years. This started as a zany idea to compete with Twitter, and has evolved into a meaningful platform that fosters the open exchange of perspectives. I'm grateful to all of you for making this place what it is today. There's so much work to do from our side, more to come." TechCrunch reports:

> X, meanwhile, has north of 600 million monthly active users, according to [3]previous statements made by its former CEO, Linda Yaccarino. Recent data from market intelligence provider Similarweb showed that Threads is nearing X's daily app users on mobile devices. In June 2025, Threads' mobile app for iOS and Android saw 115.1 million daily active users, marking a 127.8% increase compared to the previous year. On the other hand, X reached 132 million daily active users, reflecting a 15.2% year-over-year decline.

>

> However, Similarweb found that X's worldwide daily web visits are well ahead of Threads, as the [...] social network saw 145.8 million average daily web visits worldwide in June, while Threads had just 6.9 million.



[1] https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/threads-now-has-more-than-400-million-monthly-active-users/

[2] https://www.threads.com/@mosseri/post/DNQuTFlCV9P?xmt=AQF0nwH7qEo6o0zfyZegfAxeuRU4fdNTdeLsi9b2MGLbVw

[3] https://digiday.com/marketing/with-600-million-users-xs-linda-yaccarino-doubles-down-on-dismissing-journalism


Meta[stasize] has become malignant (Score:2)

by Sebby ( 238625 )

> Meta's Threads has surpassed 400 million monthly active users, adding 50 million in the last quarter

The world's biggest Privacy Rapist is growing out of control. Avoid any contact.

Threads has surpassed 400 million monthly "users" (Score:3)

by machineghost ( 622031 )

... and roughly half are bots.

What am I missing? (Score:2)

by nightflameauto ( 6607976 )

I've spent time on places like Slashdot, Kuro5hin, some musician forums, some hobby forums, but I never really got the appeal of the big social media blitzkrieg style sites. And they just seem to get more and more and more popular. To the point they have sway over large swaths of public opinion. I tried chatting with younger folks about it, and it seems like even they aren't happy about it. A couple I was pretty friendly with a year or so back I asked why, if they don't like it, they insist on following the

Facebook (Score:1)

by SmaryJerry ( 2759091 )

It's hard to consider Threads user counts as anything other than Facebook/Instagram users. Facebook already has like 3 billion or more users. Maybe some people user Threads specifically for Threads, but if you are on Facebook or Instagram, every 10th post is a Threads post. It's more like an extension of those apps.

A pencil with no point needs no eraser.