Threads (social network)

Threads
	Logo used since 2026
	Screenshot The Threads account page for Wikipedia
Website type	Social networking platform
Available in	31 languages
	List of languages Chinese (Simplified and Traditional); Croatian; Czech; Danish; Dutch; English; Finnish; French; German; Greek; Hindi; Hungarian; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Malay; Norwegian; Polish; Portuguese; Romanian; Russian; Slovak; Spanish; Swedish; Tagalog; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Vietnamese;
Area served	Over 100 countries
Owner	Meta Platforms
Website	www.threads.com
Registration	Required to interact (reply, like) but otherwise optional on the web, required for mobile apps
Users	400 million monthly active (August 12, 2025)
Launched	July 5, 2023
Current status	Active
Native clients on	Android; iOS; Web;

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Threads is an American social media microblogging service operated by Meta Platforms. Threads requires an Instagram account to use the service and features integration between the two platforms. Upon its launch in 2023, Threads became the fastest-growing consumer software application in history, gaining over 100 million users in its first five days and surpassing the record previously set by ChatGPT. As of August 12, 2025, Threads had over 400 million monthly active users.

After Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter in October 2022, Meta employees explored the concept of introducing text-based functionality to Instagram. This feature, known as Instagram Notes, was rolled out in December 2022. The company subsequently began developing a separate app focused on text-based posts. Development on Threads—internally known as "Project 92"—commenced in January 2023, with the platform officially launching on July 5, 2023. Threads immediately became available in 100 countries, but until December 14, 2023, had delayed its launch in the European Union as it waited for regulatory clarity from the European Commission regarding the service's data collection policies.