The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly ...

Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for ...

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media platform that launched in 2023 as a challenger to the Elon Musk-owned X, for the first time beat X in global daily active mobile users for the month of October, ...

Instagram's Threads is rapidly closing the gap with X in mobile daily users. Credit: Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images Threads, It looks like Instagram's Twitter alternative, is catching up to X in ...

A new report from market intelligence provider Similarweb shows Meta’s Threads app surpassing X in daily active mobile users, having further increased its user count in previous months while X’s ...

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media platform that sought to capitalize on user frustration with the Elon Musk-owned X, overtook its competitor in daily active users on mobile devices worldwide for ...

Threads, Meta’s text-based social media platform, widened its lead over Elon Musk’s X in the first few weeks of 2026 after first surpassing the rival platform in daily active users on mobile devices ...

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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 ...