Threads surges ahead of X/Twitter among mobile device users

24 January 2026

Sarah Perez writing for TechCrunch:

A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta’s Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk’s X on mobile devices. While X still dominates Threads on the web, the Threads mobile app for iOS and Android has continued to see an increase in daily active users over the past several months.

This seems like a case of I have good news, I have bad news.

My use of Threads is limited, with X next to non-existent at present. But if the quality of discourse on X is bad, Threads is hardly any better.

I can already see Thread’s users “celebrating” the news, with posts that read exactly like this: “I have great news”. That’s it. Nothing more. No additional information or context.

After all, why let information get in the way of a good Threads’ post?

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