What is Threads (app)?
{{Infobox software | title = Threads | name = Threads | logo = Threads (app) logo.svg | logo_size = 140px | screenshot = Threads.ing.jpg | screenshot size = 200px | caption = Threads with wikipedia account in dark mode | author = | developer = [[Meta Platforms]] | released = {{Start date and age|2023|7|5}} | operating system = {{unbulleted list|[[iOS]], [[iOS 15|iOS 15.4]] and later|[[Android]], [[Android Pie|Android 9]] and later|}} | size = Varies per device | language = | language count = 31+ | genre = [[Photography|Photo]] and [[video]] | license = | website = {{URL|https://threads.net/}} }} '''Threads''' is an [[Social network service|social media]] [[Microblog|microblogging]] service. It was developed and owned by [[Meta Platforms]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duffy|first=Clare|date=2023-07-06|title=What is Threads? Here’s what you need to know about the potential ‘Twitter Killer’ {{!}} CNN Business|url=https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/06/tech/instagram-threads-app-explained|access-date=2025-01-30|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref> The service was started on July 6, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Josh|date=2023-07-04|title=Instagram’s Threads app to launch 6 July amid mass backlash against Elon Musk’s Twitter|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/04/threads-app-instagram-twitter-competitor-meta-to-launch-rival|access-date=2025-01-28|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Threads reached 30&nbsp;million users.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Isaac|first=Mike|date=2023-07-06|title=Threads Becomes Most Rapidly Downloaded App, Raising Twitter’s Ire|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/technology/threads-downloads-twitter.html|access-date=2025-01-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Samantha|date=2023-07-05|title=Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads {{!}} CNN Business|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/tech/meta-twitter-threads-app-instagram/index.html|access-date=2025-01-28|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cit