Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, attracts over 5 million users in just 4 hours, Mark Zuckerberg announces

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Threads, the social media giant's new Twitter competitor, within a mere four hours of its launch. During the much-anticipated debut of his new app, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, known by his handle "Zuck," took to the platform with a flurry of posts and replies while simultaneously announcing the staggering achievement of over five million user registrations for Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, within just four hours. "Just passed 5 million sign ups in the first four hours," wrote the Meta CEO.

"Our vision is to take the best parts of Instagram and create a new experience for text, ideas, and discussing what's on your mind," Zuckerberg stated in an Instagram post. Mark Zuckerberg had earlier disclosed that Threads garnered an impressive two million registrations within its first two hours. This Twitter rival app provides users with the convenience of creating accounts using their Instagram usernames and facilitates seamless connectivity with individuals they already follow on the visually-driven platform.

Meta's Instagram on Wednesday officially launched Threads, an app designed as a direct rival to Twitter and most serious threat yet toElon Musk owned social-media site. Threads is a new app enabling text, link sharing, and interaction through replies and reposts. Users can migrate their Instagram follower lists and account names, benefiting from the app's features “There should be a public conversations app with 1 billion-plus people on it," Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday in a post on Threads.