Threads Continues To Rise in Newest App Obtain Rankings

Whereas Meta hasn’t supplied any official replace on Threads’ lively person rely because the platform reached 200 million month-to-month lively customers in late July, the app does appear to be gaining momentum, primarily based on complete obtain numbers a minimum of.

As you possibly can see in this chart, printed by app analytics supplier AppFigures, Threads rose to sixth general, and second place on the iOS obtain charts in August, with 28 million cumulative downloads for the month.

Threads has been steadily climbing the obtain rankings, rising from eighth on the record again in January, to seventh in July. And now, it’s up at sixth within the complete cumulative downloads show, which would appear to recommend that Meta’s Twitter alternative is gaining traction, and steadily taking extra viewers share within the micro-blogging area.

As a result of Threads’ principal competitor, in X, isn’t even listed in these prime rankings.

As of proper now, X is at present forty third on the whole obtain itemizing for iOS within the U.S., and 56th on Android. It’s ranked equally in different areas as nicely, however then once more, the figures are primarily based on complete downloads, which implies folks actively reloading the app to their gadget. And on condition that X has already been downloaded by hundreds of thousands of individuals, that might not be the perfect comparative indicator, given Threads is new.

But, on the identical time, Instagram, Fb and TikTok proceed to prepared the ground.

Nonetheless, at 500 million month-to-month actives, and 250 million day by day customers, X remains to be a good distance forward of Threads in precise customers, and it stays a recurring connector for a lot of, many individuals. It’s laborious to see Threads unseating X anytime quickly, however the tendencies do appear to be pointing to Threads powering as much as change into an actual competitor to Elon Musk’s social challenge.

X has additionally misplaced hundreds of thousands of customers in Europe, in line with its personal reporting, whereas it was lately banned in Brazil reducing off one other 20 million or so customers.

So whereas X is steadily shrinking, Threads is steadily rising, which may make Threads a much bigger consideration over time.

Once more, it might not be fairly there but, however the numbers do recommend that Threads is steadily gaining traction, and may very well be on observe to exceed 300 million actives earlier than the 12 months is out.