Threads Hits 500 Million Monthly Active Users
The growth from 400 million to 500 million monthly active users in under a year, combined with the January 2026 milestone of surpassing X in daily active users on mobile, shows Threads is solidifying its position as a primary text-based social platform.
Reporting from 1 sources: GIGAZINE.
Meta's text-based social network Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, up from 400 million in August 2025. To mark the milestone, the platform is rolling out official Communities features and a new personalization tool called Your Algo, which lets users privately tell Threads which topics to prioritize in their feed.
Threads crossed 500 million monthly active users, Meta announced Wednesday. The platform, which launched in July 2023, had reached 400 million monthly actives in August 2025. In January 2026, Threads surpassed X in daily active users on the app version, though X still leads on browser.
To mark the milestone, Threads is making its Communities feature official after a beta run in 2025. New additions include a Community Hub in the main menu, community icons, progress tracking for topic-to-community conversion, more Community Champion designations, and local language tags for Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
The platform is also introducing Your Algo, a complement to the Dear Algo feature launched in February 2026. Your Algo lets users privately tell Threads which topics to show in their feed. Both tools will be managed through an integrated hub.
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram at Meta, thanked the community and the Threads team for weekly updates that have improved the app.
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- GIGAZINE Threadsの月間アクティブユーザー数が5億人に到達