Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.
Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook’s parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.
I have just read elsewhere that they’re using the same account as Instagram uses. So if you have an Instagram account, and have done nothing with Threads at all, they’re likely still counting you as a Threads user.
tl;dr: They’re being misleading.
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I’m pretty sure there are far more than 10 million people with Instagram accounts. There’s probably a lot more than that in the US alone.
Wasn’t there a statement recently that meta wasn’t doing threads in some regions? Specifically the EU?
Yes, but it’s not the case that all but 10 million of Instagram’s users are from the EU…
Do we know if it’s only EU that is excluded from Threads?
In the US alone, Instagram has over 150 million users. Even if the only country accessing it was the US, the number should be much higher than 10 mill, were they automatically adding the users.
https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/instagram-users-by-country
yeah my insta was not set up for threads when i opened the app. i had to purposefully consent to linking the two accounts. Seems to me like its 10 mil actual users.
They’re not counting all Instagram users. However, if you have an Instagram account, all you have to do is download the Threads app, and it’ll log in with the same saved credentials. The barrier to entry is extremely low, so a lot of people have at least tried it.
You still have to create a profile on Threads when you set it up. Instagram is waaaay bigger than just 10 million users.
For context, Instagram has two BILLION users. Facebook has just shy of three billion.
Mastodon has a total of ten million.
The number includes opt-in’s only. It makes joining very easy, but it’s still a ridiculously high day one adoption regardless.
Instagram has 1.21 billion users worldwide.