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    nabla9 ◴[] No.42150372[source]
    Threads has 275 million monthly active users.

    Bluesky has now 15 million total users (how many active?)

    Mastodon monthly active usage has dropped below 1 million.

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    1. lynndotpy ◴[] No.42150492[source]
    I believe Threads active users are artificially conflated with Instagram and Facebook. In all my circles, I don't know anyone who uses Threads
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    2. cogman10 ◴[] No.42150526[source]
    That's my guess. By having either of those accounts you automatically got a threads account.
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    3. criley2 ◴[] No.42150552[source]
    In all my circles, I don't know a single "X" user. Not even one. Anecdotes are funny like that.

    Facebook monthly active users: >3 billion

    Instagram monthly active users: >2 billion

    Threads monthly active users: ~275 million

    If they're cheating, they're doing a poor job of it.

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    4. emidoots ◴[] No.42150604[source]
    When you post on Instagram, there are opt-out features that will 'automatically share to your Threads account too' and you can see Threads notifications in the Instagram app and such .. so I think it's reasonable to assume they are leveraging the Instagram user-base a bit.
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    5. changing1999 ◴[] No.42150621[source]
    True. But you don't become an active monthly user. Unless there are some shenanigans happening, which is highly likely. I think I visited Threads by accident several times by clicking posts in IG, that were apparently Threads posts embedded directly into IG as a growth hack (my speculation).
    6. changing1999 ◴[] No.42150639{3}[source]
    Just double checking - there is an opt-out feature that cross-posts all IG posts to Threads?
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    8. minimaxir ◴[] No.42150687[source]
    Most people in my circle have given up on Threads (even pre-Bluesky mass migration)
    9. threeseed ◴[] No.42150701{3}[source]
    Threads is literally built on Instagram so of course they are leveraging it.

    But that's very different from saying that Threads MAUs aren't specific to that platform.

    10. nabla9 ◴[] No.42151326[source]
    I have reasons to believe your belief is incorrect. Thread's app downloads, number of posts etc. match the MAU numbers.

    In all my circles is unreliable argument.

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    11. dnissley ◴[] No.42151816[source]
    Yes, it's the same argument that people have been making about facebook being dead when it's hitting all time highs.
    12. zeroonetwothree ◴[] No.42153083[source]
    In my circles no one voted for Trump but well here we are.
    13. kiitos ◴[] No.42153173[source]
    You have to create a Threads account explicitly, it's not automatic from an Instagram or Facebook account.
    14. kiitos ◴[] No.42153187{4}[source]
    No, there isn't, at least not by default. You have to explicitly create a Threads account.
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    15. lynndotpy ◴[] No.42153508[source]
    I'm not asking you to make any epistemologically unsound leaps, I'm not making an argument. tThis is just my impression. In general, if you're going to rely only on numeric metrics, then you'll be giving up a lot of other helpful information.

    You need to use non-numeric information to tell you if "number of posts" should be more meaningful than a HackerNews stranger saying "these are the vibes I get, anecdotally." Numbers are pretty appealing because we have a lot of simple and consistent tools for working with them, but we also know the number of posts on Threads are artificially gamed, because Instagram and Facebook crosspost to Threads by default for anyone who has an account.

    But it's still my guess. English is my only fluent language and I don't know even 1000 people. Threads could be wildly popular and I could be blissfully unaware. Again, I'm not asking you to make any epistemologically unsound leaps.

    16. slimsag ◴[] No.42154767{5}[source]
    ...and once you have a threads account, the UI in instagram pushes you to one-click accept cross-posting everything to Threads