One year of Threads: How is Meta’s X rival really doing?

Meta’s app claims 175 million monthly active users, but it’s still far from clear whether the app—or any other—will be the next X.

When Meta launched Threads last July, it saw an immediate tidal wave of interest: 100 million people signed up for the social network within days, prompting many to wonder if CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s new gadget would unseat Elon and Twitter once and for all.