{"id":35419,"date":"2024-06-22T09:35:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T06:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/meta-threads-record-100-million-users\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T09:35:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T06:35:26","slug":"meta-threads-record-100-million-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/meta-threads-record-100-million-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s Threads Sets Historic Record with 100 Million Users in Five Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_13715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13715\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13715\" src=\"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eac1ca1eb6a6c9fd.jpg\" alt=\"Meta Threads app breaks records in social media\" width=\"780\" height=\"470\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meta Threads app breaks records in social media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>  Meta\u2019s newly launched Threads app has captured more than 100 million users within just five days, setting a historic new milestone in the social media landscape. Threads surpassed OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, which previously held the record for the fastest-growing consumer application. These figures were confirmed by data tracking platforms on Monday.<\/p>\n<h2>Threads Outpaces Its Competitors<\/h2>\n<p>Notably, ChatGPT took two months to reach the 100-million user threshold, while video-sharing giant TikTok took nine months to hit the same benchmark. In contrast, Instagram required two and a half years to reach that milestone following its debut in 2010. This extraordinary surge establishes Threads as one of the fastest-adopted digital applications in history.<\/p>\n<h2>Global Availability and Expansion<\/h2>\n<p>Threads launched on Wednesday evening across 100 countries via Apple\u2019s App Store and Google Play. However, the platform remains temporarily unavailable in the European Union while Meta assesses the regulatory implications of EU data privacy frameworks. Industry observers anticipate an EU rollout once full regulatory compliance is ensured.<\/p>\n<h2>Twitter\u2019s Technical Struggles and Platform Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>Although Twitter maintains roughly 200 million active users, the network has recently encountered recurring technical setbacks following Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition and structural overhaul, leading to user churn. Threads now poses a formidable challenge to Twitter and Musk, who had previously weathered competition from rival microblogging networks like Bluesky and Mastodon.<\/p>\n<h2>Surpassing 100 Million Users in Record Time<\/h2>\n<p>According to market intelligence platform Quiver Quantitative, Threads crossed the 100-million user threshold at 07:00 GMT on Monday. This historic milestone highlights unprecedented consumer demand and market momentum in an exceptionally brief window.<\/p>\n<h2>Escalating Tensions: Legal Threats Against Meta<\/h2>\n<p>Beyond the meteoric rise of Threads, Meta faced legal threats from Elon Musk alleging trade secret misappropriation and intellectual property infringement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta&#8217;s newly launched Threads app surpassed 100 million users in just five days, outpacing ChatGPT to set a historic growth record in social media. The rapid adoption underscores a dramatic shift in digital engagement as Twitter faces ongoing competitive and platform challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic.aait.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}