The launch of Threads was a complete success. For many reasons, which we will see below, it is true that Meta has scored a very important point by adding a new service to its already extensive catalog of social networks (Facebook and Meta and to a lesser extent WhatsApp) which, if it manages to maintain interest as of users who have already joined and those who have yet to venture out, it could become a service to be taken very, very seriously.

It is important to keep this point in mind, yes. Over the past few years, we’ve seen several new services launch that initially looked like they were going to take over the world, but ended up being forgotten because they only managed to retain a small fraction of the users they had. in its beginnings. Fibers are no exception in this regard, that is He also takes this risk, although it is true that his direct connection with Instagram works very well in his favor..

Although It is not yet possible to register for this network for users in the European UnionIt can be expected that this will change soon, although we can relate it to the fact that from today it is not possible to delete the Threads account without deleting the Instagram account, but mainly to the constant clashes between Meta and the EU regarding the management and protection of user data. If Meta is finally able to fix these issues (and they already work, as they stated, so accounts can be deleted without affecting Instagram) and debuts in the European market, we can see their numbers grow even more. .

So as we can read in the Wccfts, Threads has already crossed one hundred million users in just five days since its launch, a number that represents a very important milestone, even more so considering that it was achieved in record time. The comparison example that has been circulating the most in recent hours is ChatGPT, another recent and very, very successful service, but it took about two months to reach that number of users.

Just yesterday we wondered if Threads was a threat to Twitter, and the conclusion was yes, it is the service most likely to hold its own against Twitter today. Which of course does not mean they will necessarily win the match as it will depend on their ability to continue to grow and more importantly keep all (or most) of these users activesomething that is still early to expect, but it also shows well according to the data in the mentioned article.

Let’s remember that Twitter adds about 238 million users, meaning that if it keeps up a good growth rate, even if it’s not as strong as it was in the first five days, Threads could reach half of Twitter’s users in a matter of days. Something that will no doubt make Elon Musk very nervous, as he sees yet another shadow looming over his plan to make Twitter profitable.