Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ surpasses 100 million users

Last week, Meta officially launched Threads, its very own version of Twitter, adding to the social media giant's ever-growing network of sites and apps. In the first 24 hours, around 50 million people signed up to use Threads and over the weekend, that number doubled to 100 million. 

Threads has garnered 100 million users in the days following its launch. These aren't just random sign-ups either, people are actively using the site, with The Verge reporting 95 million posts as of July 6th. The number will have grown considerably since then. The service doesn't have as many features as Twitter at this point, but the building blocks are in place, so it will be up to Meta to introduce improvements and additional features in the months ahead.

Right now, Threads is tied to Instagram, so you can link your Threads and Instagram accounts but the content and follower/following pools are separate.

Elon Musk has already filed a lawsuit against Meta alleging the theft of trade secrets and misappropriation of intellectual property. Meta has already denied hiring former Twitter employees for its Threads engineering team.

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