Here’s what to know about Instagram’s new app for public conversations and how it differs from Twitter. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac began using Twitter and Instagram shortly after each app launched. He ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram unveiled its new text-based social media app Threads to widespread fanfare on Wednesday evening, escalating a high-stakes clash with billionaire rival Elon Musk and ...

Adam Mosseri gave more details about ranking in Stories, Reels, and Explore ahead of Instagram's expected launch of a Twitter clone. Reading time 4 minutes Instagram head Adam Mosseri released a ...

Just the way Twitter distinguishes replies to an original post with a thread-like approach, Instagram's spin-off has that, too. Currently being developed under the codename "Project 92," Meta is ...

Instagram’s Threads app is now available on Android and iOS. The Twitter alternative app lets you port all of your information from Instagram. You can post text, videos, and photos on Threads. You can ...

Twitter sucks, and it looks like Instagram is coming for its users. Lia Haberman first reported in her ICYMI Substack that Instagram is building a social media platform that resembles an amalgamation ...

Instagram’s Threads app, a text-based social media platform poised to become Twitter’s latest competitor, is now available to users in more than 100 countries. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. After months of rumors, Instagram's Twitter rival may be hitting the app store soon. Over the weekend, ...

Update January 2026: Threads has now overtaken X (formerly Twitter) on mobile. This is users on mobile, not total active users. Threads has 141.5 million daily active users, compared to X’s 125 ...

Mark Zuckerberg has thrown down the gauntlet. Meta launched its Twitter rival Wednesday. Threads, billed as an app to “share ideas & trends with text,” is available for iOS and Android. “Let’s do this ...

While the future remains uncertain for Twitter, Meta is throwing its hat into the ring to build the next major microblogging platform. This new Meta app is expected to launch this summer, according to ...

Recent reports of Instagram making a new app with similarities to Twitter drew commentary from Twitter's next CEO Linda Yaccarino over the weekend. On Sunday, Yaccarino wrote "Game On!" in a quote ...