Threads, Meta’s text-based social media platform, widened its lead over Elon Musk’s X in the first few weeks of 2026 after first surpassing the rival platform in daily active users on mobile devices ...

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta on Wednesday said it will begin to show advertising on its Threads microblogging service to all users globally starting next week. Threads has surpassed more ...

Update January 2026: Threads has now overtaken X (formerly Twitter) on mobile. This is users on mobile, not total active users. Threads has 141.5 million daily active users, compared to X’s 125 ...

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