Threads vs Threads
Threads
Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$10.34M/mo
~$124.04M/yr · 346.2M installs
VS
Threads
Instagram
Google Play
$8.42M/mo
~$101.03M/yr · 638.5M installs
Revenue winner
Threads wins
+23% vs other
Installs winner
Threads wins
+84% vs other
MAU winner
Threads wins
+56% vs other
Rating winner
Threads wins
+14% vs other
Why Threads is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Premium pricing. Threads charges $12.99/mo vs Threads's $11.43/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. Threads runs 4 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Better app store reviews. Threads sits at 4.64★ vs 4.05★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Threads
vs
Threads
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$10.34M
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$8.42M
Annual revenue (est.)
$124.04M
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$101.03M
Lifetime installs (est.)
346.2M
▶
638.5M
Monthly active users (est.)?
24.6M
▶
38.3M
App Store rating
4.64★
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4.05★
Total ratings
2.0M
▶
2.5M
US grossing rank
-
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Cheapest monthly sub
$12.99
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$11.43
IAP tiers detected
4 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jul 5, 2023
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 201.4 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 435.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 1, 2023
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- 434.0.0.41.74
- Languages
- -
Threads trajectory
Threads trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Threads or Threads? v
Threads earns about $10.34M per month, while Threads earns about $8.42M. That is a 1.2× revenue gap (~$1.92M more per month for Threads). Annual revenue: Threads ≈ $124.04M/year, Threads ≈ $101.03M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Threads or Threads? v
Threads leads with about 638.5M estimated downloads vs 346.2M for Threads - a 1.8× gap. Threads's App Store downloads are estimated from 2.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Threads reports 500,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Threads and Threads in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Threads is in Social Networking and Threads is in Social. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Threads from social networking monetization patterns, Threads from social.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Threads and Threads offer? v
Threads: IAP range 4 tiers detected. Threads: IAP range $0.99 - $131.99 per item. Threads runs a "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)" monetization model; Threads runs "Subscription (~$11.43/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Threads or Threads? v
Threads edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 4.1 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Threads 2.0M ratings, Threads 37K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Threads vs Threads revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $10.34M for Threads and $8.42M for Threads are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking / Social) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Threads or Threads to a different App Store app? v
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