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Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 1 February 2024 15:38 IST

Threads App Sees Rise in s, Competitor X Falls in Top ed Apps List: Report

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Meta's Instagram launched Threads in July 2023

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Instagram was the most ed app in December
Meta's Facebook and WhatsApp also placed within the top five
In December X saw an estimated 8.5 million total s

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struggled to retain regular s on the text-based app after the initial rush. Since then the company has introduced several new features on the application aiming to enhance experience. Threads appears to be gaining its footing back in the game as it saw an increase in the number of new s, while competitor X took a tumble.

An app intelligence firm Appfigures claimed in an analysis that Threads had 12 million new s on Apple's App Store and 16 million on Google Play in December 2023. This resulted in the application ranking at number 4 and number 8, respectively on the Most ed Apps list drawn up by the firm. Combined, Threads ranked at number 6 on the list of new s.

Threads currently has an estimated 160 million s, according to an online tracker, which notes that it uses "an approximation method based on a sampling of follower counts" since Meta stopped sharing count numbers on July 11, 2023.

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Threads parent Instagram ranked number 1 on the list with a combined new s count of 54 million, suring TikTok, which was listed with total new s of 47 million. Meta-owned Facebook and WhatsApp also made it to the top 10, with combined new s of 39 and 38 million, ranking at number 3 and 4, respectively.

A TechCrunch report shared an extensive version of the list, which showed Elon Musk-owned X with an estimated total new s of 8.5 million, resulting in the application climbing down to the 36th position. The drop may not be as alarming as it looks as a PCMag report notes that Twitter was launched in 2006 and already has 540 million s.

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