: Meta’s Threads has 30 million users in less than first 24 hours after launch

Threads, the Twitter rival launched by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms Inc. META on Wednesday evening, now has 30 million users, Zuckerberg announced Thursday. The app garnered two million people in the first two hours after launch, according to Zuckerberg’s first posting on the platform. Within seven hours, that number had grown to 10 million. Shortly after 11 a.m. Eastern, the Facebook founder again posted to say the number had tripled. “Wow, 30 million sign-ups as of this morning. Feels like the beginning of something special, but we’ve got a lot of work ahead to build out the app.” Meta’s stock, meanwhile, was slightly lower in afternoon trade with markets in sell-off mode, although it’s up 144% in the year to date, while the S&P 500 SPX has gained 16%.

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