Threads Hits 175 Mn Users On First Anniversary

Promoted through their Instagram accounts, more than 100 million people downloaded Threads within a week of its launch in 100 countries (Credit: AFP)

Threads, Meta's alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has hit 175 million monthly users a year after its out-of-the-blue launch.

"What a year," Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday on Threads in announcing the platform had reached the threshold.