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, ...

A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta’s Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk’s X on mobile devices. While X still dominates Threads on the web, the ...

The race between Threads and X is getting tighter. And Bluesky is giving Threads a run for its money in one category. Watch out, Elon. Although X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, is still the ...

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 ...

Meta’s Threads surpassed competitor platform X in daily active users on mobile devices last year, Forbes previously reported.

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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 ...

New data from Similarweb shows that Threads has surpassed X in daily mobile users on iOS and Android, signaling growing momentum for Meta’s platform. While X still dominates on the web, Threads ...

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