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Threads cements itself as the antithesis of Twitter as it hits 175 million users

The platform is still growing, partly on the back of Instagram

However, Threads' success must be put in context — Meta isn't sharing daily user figures and is still heavily leveraging Instagram to grow the younger platform. About a year ago, it looked like Elon Musk was driving Twitter (now X) into the ground, and rumors swirled about Meta cooking up a competitor of its own. For context, I’m not a huge fan of Musk or the changes he made to X. I don’t pay for X Premium, nor am I particularly happy about spending a ton of time on X. It’s still my most-used social media platform, both for work-related and personal reasons.

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