Another two hours later, five million people had downloaded Threads.
When he woke on Thursday morning, the app had been downloaded more than 30 million times, he said.
In less than a day, Threads — which is aimed as a rival to Twitter — appears to have taken the crown as the most rapidly downloaded app ever.
It easily outstripped ChatGPT, the chatbot, which was downloaded one million times within its first five days, according to OpenAI, ChatGPT’s maker.
Some of Twitter’s most-followed users — such as Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Gates, Shakira and Oprah Winfrey — immediately joined Threads and began posting.
Persons:
Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Twitter —, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Gates, Shakira, Oprah Winfrey —
Organizations:
Meta, Twitter
Locations:
OpenAI