With Threads, Facebook has released its own alternative to Twitter. Since then, the number of users has been steadily increasing. A well-known YouTuber has now reached a million followers, even surpassing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
On July 5, 2023, Meta, the company behind Facebook, released Threads: this is meant to represent an alternative to Twitter. Since then, user numbers have steadily risen, and thousands of people are installing the new Threads app.
The well-known YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has now surpassed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg by reaching the first million followers.
Threads has already reached 15 million users within a few hours
Shortly after the launch of Threads, MrBeast and Mark Zuckerberg engaged in a head-to-head race for one million followers on the new app.
Just 12 hours after launch, Threads recorded over 15 million users. Not much later, the first accounts were able to boast of having one million followers on the platform.
By now, both Mark Zuckerberg and MrBeast have broken the million mark. However, MrBeast was the first person to reach one million followers. This is reported by the website Dexerto.
This mainly shows the reach MrBeast has in the online world. With 165 million subscribers, he is among the largest YouTubers in the world, and it is probably not surprising that he can gather more followers in a very short time than the head of Facebook/Meta.
The biggest YouTuber in the world beats Mark Zuckerberg on Threads
MrBeast is currently considered the biggest YouTuber. Since November 2022, he has officially been recognized as the individual with the most subscribers on YouTube. This ended the reign of the then king of Twitch, PewDiePie.
His content is a mix of charitable actions and expensive stunts, but his actions are not entirely uncontroversial. He is regularly accused of doing charitable acts just for views and not questioning why millions of people have to suffer from an illness:
