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Threads is yet to be rolled out to s in the EU and the app has risen to the top of app stores in multiple countries — including India. 2g6867

Written by David Delima | Updated: 7 July 2023 09:23 IST

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Threads' meteoric rise has elicited a response from Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino

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Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' Threads platform was launched on Thursday
The app has already amassed 50 million s
Threads is currently available on iOS and Android

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Instagram. While the brisk rise of Threads is impressive, it is worth noting that Meta is using its base of over 2.35 billion active s on Instagram to get s to sign up for Threads. Meanwhile, rival Twitter has already begun to feel the heat, with the recently appointed CEO issuing a statement, while the service has reportedly threatened to sue Meta.

On Friday, The Verge's Alex Heath stated in a Threads post that the app had sured 48 million registrations, citing internal data from Meta. Another Threads , Joe Scannell (Threads: @joe_scannel), posted a screenshot of a recent Threads number that showed the figure has now crossed the 50 million mark. As part of Meta's push to get s to sign up and use the service, it displays a serial number on the Instagram profile of each — indicating when they signed up for the service.

Threads is the top app on the App Store in India and other countries including the US

It's worth noting that while Threads was launched on the App Store and Google Play store simultaneously on Thursday, the app isn't available in every country. Meta hasn't rolled out the service to s in the EU, presumably due to stringent privacy regulations in the region.

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The app has risen to the top of app stores in multiple countries — in India, the top free apps on iOS are Threads, followed by WhatsApp and Instagram. The Threads app reportedly rose to the fifth position in the App Store in China, where Meta's other apps are currently blocked — Threads is expected to meet the same fate.

As of Thursday, the Threads app had over 95 million posts and which had garnered a total of 190 million likes on the platform, The Verge threatened Meta with legal action in a letter sent by Twitter's lawyer Alex Spirt to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

On Twitter, everyone's voice matters.

Whether you're here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others -- on Twitter YOU can be real.

YOU built the Twitter community. 🙏👏 And that's irreplaceable. This…
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) July 6, 2023

Meanwhile, Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted on Thursday after the meteoric rise of the new Threads app, stating that the Twitter community was built by s and that it was "irreplaceable". "We're often imitated — but the Twitter community can never be duplicated," she added.

Threads' base is expected to grow over the coming day, but the service currently lacks features that s are accustomed to on other platforms, such as the ability to see a chronological feed or the ability to send private messages (or DMs). Meanwhile, the company's documents state that you cannot delete your Threads without deleting your Instagram — showing how closely the two are linked.

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