Meta's Twitter-killer app Threads passes 100million users in five days

Meta Inc's Threads app launched by Instagram that has been called a Twitter-killer has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days. That is according to data tracking websites on Monday, suggesting the app has smashed the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reach that mark after its 2010 launch. Threads went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries late on Wednesday (July 5), though it is not available in Europe because parent company Meta is unsure how to navigate the European Union's data privacy legislation. Meanwhile, experts have described the traffic of Elon Musk-owned Twitter as'tanking' in the face of the new competition.