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I have just read elsewhere that they're using the same account as Instagram uses. So if you have an Instagram account, and have done nothing with Threads at all, they're likely still counting you as a Threads user.
tl;dr: They're being misleading.
I'm pretty sure there are far more than 10 million people with Instagram accounts. There's probably a lot more than that in the US alone.
yeah my insta was not set up for threads when i opened the app. i had to purposefully consent to linking the two accounts. Seems to me like its 10 mil actual users.
Wasn’t there a statement recently that meta wasn’t doing threads in some regions? Specifically the EU?
Yes, but it's not the case that all but 10 million of Instagram's users are from the EU...
Do we know if it's only EU that is excluded from Threads?
In the US alone, Instagram has over 150 million users. Even if the only country accessing it was the US, the number should be much higher than 10 mill, were they automatically adding the users.
https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/instagram-users-by-country
Instagram has 1.21 billion users worldwide.
The number includes opt-in's only. It makes joining very easy, but it's still a ridiculously high day one adoption regardless.
You still have to create a profile on Threads when you set it up. Instagram is waaaay bigger than just 10 million users.
They're not counting all Instagram users. However, if you have an Instagram account, all you have to do is download the Threads app, and it'll log in with the same saved credentials. The barrier to entry is extremely low, so a lot of people have at least tried it.