Threads Gains Millions of Users Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Threads managed to break the user record and all thanks to Elon Musk. Meta’s bet is paying off, and the proof is in the new registered user numbers for November. After the changes made to X by its owner, millions of people decided to switch to other social networks such as Threads or Bluesky.

Reportedly Axios, Threads registered 35 million new users in November 2024. The figures exceed initial forecasts and show that the social network is moving towards its goal of reaching one billion, as Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp did at one point. The company has made a number of changes to increase its dominance over Bluesky, which is also growing at a tremendous rate.

The Threads milestone comes just days after Adam Mosseri, director of Instagram, said 15 million subscriptions in the first two weeks November. The increase in new registrations is due to many factors, although due to changes in and the result of the US presidential election.

A significant percentage of users do not agree with Elon Musk’s policies or his affiliation with the far right. On top of this, modifications to the blocking feature or changes to the usage policy that now allow your posts to be used as Grok training material were enough to free up exodus of millions of people.

Threads competes with Bluesky to attract more users

While most users found Bluesky to be a viable alternative, others expressed trust in Threads. The social network Meta has made important changes in recent months that distance it from the Instagram algorithm and They bring it closer to what Twitter offered in the beginning.. One of them is the ability to choose your own feed with updates from people you follow.

“We’re rebalancing the rankings to prioritize content from people you follow, which will mean less recommended content from accounts you don’t follow and more posts from accounts you do follow, starting today,” noted Mosseri in his profile. “This is definitely a work in progress – balancing follower reach with overall engagement is difficult – thank you for your patience and keep the comments coming.”

Before breaking records Threads already had 275 million monthly active users.. What has happened over the past few weeks will have a significant impact on the meta tables, although you will need to keep the channel open with the community to make the necessary changes. Despite the modifications feedTopics we still need to solve the problem with spam for accounts that do not have an active Instagram profile.