Threads now reaches more than 130 million monthly users, says Meta, up 30M from Q3

Instagram Threads now has more than 130 million monthly users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company's quarterly earnings call today. The text-based chat app is one of many new projects that have emerged since Elon Musk acquired Twitter in 2022. No more Posts, overflows, etc. It is called.

Zuckerberg says Threads was "growing steadily," but the app broke before Meta was ready.

"I would like to see more people using News now than when it was first published," Zuckerberg said. “That's why I think this app is poised for great success.” The app has a good chance of reaching 1 billion users within a few years. At the time, News had more than 100 million monthly users.

Meta said that the application family, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, was used by 3.19 billion people in the fourth quarter, compared to 3.14 billion daily users in the quarter ending September 2023. The number of monthly users was 3.98, an increase from 3.96 billion in the previous quarter.

In recent weeks we have seen evidence that News is attracting attention. Intelligence service provider App figures found that downloads of Instagram's proprietary app tripled in December, making it the sixth most downloaded app on the Apple App Store and Google Play that month. X, which is currently working on rebranding, is ranked 36th.