Threads becomes first app to cross 150 million users in six days, India leads in downloads

Just two weeks after launch of Thres, platform which is seen as a bigger rival of Twitter, has crossed a user base of more than 150 million within 6 days, data compiled by Randy Nelson in app intelligence firm called data.ai showed. 

Key details of data.ai report

application has achieved one-fifth of weekly user database of Twitter and around 86 times active user base of Twitter's rival in US, TruthSocial, which h an active user base of 1 million last week.

insights from firm revealed that Thres garnered users 5.5 times faster than Pokemon Go, which at time saw fastest pace of downlos.

Thres has attracted over 93 million active users globally during first partial week of availability before July 10, when announcement of crossing 100 million users was me.

In terms of geographical locations, data revealed that it was not US, but India, which saw le in terms of number of downlos. downlos in India accounted for 33 per cent of global downlos, followed by Brazil, US, Mexico and Japan. At present, Thres is not available in European Union nations because of regulatory hurdles regarding privacy and data collection concerns.

Thres released its first update after launch a few days ago which stated that company is bringing support for iOS 17. In comparison to competitors, app lacks larger improvements in areas of feeds, edit buttons, multi-account support etc.

data also pointed towards a set of apps that reached 150 million downlos in a short span of time. Call of Duty took 106 days to reach 150 million downlos, PUBG Mobile took 193 days and Pokemon Go took 33 days.