Threads first surpassed X in terms of daily active users on mobile devices worldwide in September, according to Similarweb.

Meta’s text-based social media platform Threads has outpaced its main competitor, X, which was previously known as Twitter.

Meta was initially developing Threads as just a feature for the Instagram app, reveals Adam Mosseri. He said that text posts inside Instagram could be confusing to users. So the Meta team behind the ...

Instagram Threads is rolling out users’ most-requested feature to date: the ability to message people directly, without having to switch to another app, like Instagram. The company said direct ...

Will Instagram Threads truly integrate with the fediverse, also known as the open social web, to allow its users to interact with people on other services like Mastodon and to move their account ...

Meta is testing a new way to create an account on Threads that will require a Facebook account to authenticate the login and base their profile on. This is not yet available to users as the option ...

Threads adds its own DM inbox. It won't link to Instagram messages. Testing starts in three countries. Meta is rolling out a direct messaging feature just for Threads that, importantly, won't connect ...

Meta’s Threads started 2026 ahead of Elon Musk’s X in worldwide mobile usage, according to market intelligence firm ...

Meta is continuing to overhaul its moderation and content rules. Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted today that Instagram and Threads will start including political content in recommendations. It's a ...

Threads and Instagram are continuing to decouple. Meta's social network has updated its Hidden Words setting to make it separate from Instagram. Prior to this update, users had one global Hidden Words ...

Adding music to a post has been a feature that Meta shared with users on Facebook and Instagram as a way to better express one's self, and this specific feature is also reportedly coming to Threads in ...

Threads users can curate separate mute lists and set time limits for blocked words. Threads users can curate separate mute lists and set time limits for blocked words. is a news writer focused on ...