The platform became the world's fastest-growing app when it launched after hitting 100 million users in just five days. Zuck said last week the X rival now has more than 175 million monthly active users. In a recent interview with Platformer, Threads and Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said the aim was still overtaking X. In April, Sensor Tower estimated Threads had averaged 28 million daily active users in the US, while X averaged 22 million. An Instagram add-onWhile Meta still backs Threads to overtake X, the platform still very much exists alongside Instagram.

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