The latest Threads statistics and facts following the platform’s advancement since its launch.
General Threads Facts
- Launched on July 5th, 2023, Threads is an app for sharing text updates and joining public conversations.
- Users can log in to Threads by using their Instagram account details and choose whether to follow the same accounts they do on Instagram.
- Posts on Threads can be up to 500 characters long and contain links, photos, and videos up to 5 minutes long.
- Threads is available in more than 100 countries.
How many users does Threads have?
Threads has over 100 million users, obtained just five days after its launch. Threads usage statistics also recorded more than 95 million posts and 190 million likes on the app on the first day after its launch.
Threads User Statistics
- Two million users signed up for Threads in the first two hours of its launch.
- In the first four hours of its launch, Threads recorded five million sign-ups.
- By the seventh hour of its launch, Threads had 10 million users.
- Threads recorded 30 million users in two days since its launch.
- Threads had 70 million users on the third day of its launch.
Threads vs Twitter Statistics
Since both apps essentially serve the same purpose, here are some statistics on how Threads compares against Twitter.
- The character count limit on Threads is 500, for all users. On Twitter, unverified users have a character limit of 280 characters, which can be increased to 25,000 for blue-badge users who pay $8 a month.
- Twitter users have standalone accounts, while Threads users can signup for the service by using their accounts on Instagram, which now has over two billion users.
- Videos on Threads can be up to 5 minutes long, whereas those on Twitter can be up to 2 minutes 20 seconds.
- Threads launched with only a home feed, as opposed to Twitter which has a home, trending, and following feed.
- Unlike Twitter, Threads launched without the option to save drafts or posts.
- Unlike Twitter, Threads also launched without ads.
- New unverified accounts on Twitter can read 300 posts a day, “mature” unverified accounts can read up to 600, and verified accounts can read 6,000 posts a day. While these limits are said to be increased to 500, 1,000, and 10,000, respectively, Threads doesn’t impose any limits of the sort.
