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        "alt": "\"X vs Threads vs Bluesky\"\nY axis is 0-700M users\nX axis is time from Nov '23 - Apr '25\n\n\"As you can see in this chart, since launching in July 2023, Threads has seen steadily accelerating growth, with the app now up to 320 million monthly active users. Threads is also seeing strong download momentum, and the signs do suggest that Threads is on track to exceed 400 million users this year.\n\nThough that would still leave it a fair way off of X, which, as of last month, is now claiming 600 million active users.\n\nWhich is a significant audience, but as you can see, X has only added around 50 million users in the last year, versus 200 million on Threads. So Threads’ growth rate is significantly higher, which makes sense, as it’s the newer of the two, but it also bodes well, at this stage, for its acceleration in the longer-term race.\n\nBut based on these figures, Threads is unlikely to catch X this year. That is unless the app gains some significant growth momentum, and with Threads putting a bigger focus on sports and real-time content of late (sports are the most discussed topic on X), that’s also a possibility.\n\nBluesky is also still seeing steady growth momentum, though it remains a long way off the other two.\n\nBluesky went from 5 million users in February last year, to 35 million now, and it’s also added 5 million more in the first four months of this year. So people are still signing up, though its growth momentum has slowed from the rapid acceleration it saw in the last quarter of 2024, when it was adding an extra 5 million per month for four four-month stretch.\"",
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  "text": "Eyes on the prize. Priorities are important."
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