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Threads

88
Quality Score
Excellent

Threads

High confidence
4.6 ✍️ Editor
✍️ bumetric analysis

Threads directly targets the microblogging and real-time conversation niche, positioning itself as a direct competitor to X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky. The strong user rating, backed by nearly two million reviews, indicates significant user adoption and engagement since its 2023 launch, signaling a mature growth stage with established product-market fit. Despite being a free app, its estimated monthly revenue approaching $30,000 suggests early-stage exploration of indirect monetization, likely through brand partnerships or future ad placements within the platform. In the social networking category, a common monetization path for free apps with high user engagement is a freemium model offering premium features or an advertising-based revenue stream, which Threads is well-positioned to leverage given its parent company's existing ad infrastructure.

BU Score 88 · Excellent — strong product-market fit. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.

Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.

💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.4M
per month
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.3M
per month
24-mo forecast
$1.8M – $3.3M
per month
BIG tier
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE

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0%
Rating
Reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
ONE-TIME · BUILD 💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor $100K · indie scale $500K+ · studio build
📈 Pays back in ~5 months at current MRR

Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.

Where the money goes
🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) +$28K
📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K +$22K
📦 Asset bundle (201 MB) +$40K
Business complexity ×1.50 +$45K
Total estimate $135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE 💵 Estimated acquisition value
$600K
What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $425K – $700K · 19× MRR multiple
💸 ~4.4× return on build cost

Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.

How the multiple was built
📺 Ad-supported base 15× MRR
★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) +8%
🏷 Business category multiple +10%
Mature user base (1M+ ratings) +8%
Final multiple 19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
133.0M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
29.0M
Daily active
8.7M

Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.

How we sized it
📲 Business engagement ~65 installs / rating
🔁 Business D30 retention 22%
📍 DAU / MAU stickiness 0.30
DAU / MAU 30% sticky
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How we forecast this revenue

MEDIUM CONFIDENCE
Baseline
$1.4M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.4M – $1.9M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.3M
24 months
$1.8M – $3.3M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊

BU Investment Matrix

Concerning · 51/100BIG TIERbelow benchmarks
GrowthFounderQualityRevenueMonetiz.MoatMarketSafety
Growth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
6.3
Product Quality
9.3
Revenue Strength
6.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
4.2
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
7.0
  • 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $560K - $3080K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
  • ⭐ Quality: 4.64★ across 2,029,991 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
  • 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
  • 📈 Growth: ⚠ last update 922d ago — possibly dormant.
  • ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — dormant (922d since update).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $25.2M-$44.8M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:

💰 Forecast Revenue / mo

MODEL
Revenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 9 of 9 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
High install base (2,046,680 ratings)METRIC
+$12,000
Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC
+$2,200
bugsREVIEW
−$1,800
5 starREVIEW
+$1,800
Multilingual (31 languages)METRIC
+$1,500
highly recommendREVIEW
+$1,400
slowREVIEW
−$1,200
Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC
+$600
Growing app (2y old)METRIC
+$200
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)

📈 Reviews Growth

LIVE
Cumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.

⭐ Rating Trend

LIVE
Average rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.

🆕 What's New · v435.0

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Profile & Insights

Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.

Identification

App name
Threads
Developer
Instagram, Inc.
Bundle ID
com.burbn.barcelona
App Store URL
Open in App Store
Category
Business
Content rating
12+
Languages
HR, CS, DA, NL, EN, FI, FR, DE, EL, HI, HU, ID, IT, JA, KO, MS, NB, PL, PT, RO, RU, ZH, SK, ES, SV, TL, TH, ZH, TR, UK, VI

Company

Website
Not found
Tagline
Today
Description
Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
Founded
Not found
HQ / Address
Not found
Employees
Not found
Logo
Available

Revenue

Verified revenue / mo
Not found
AI revenue estimate / mo
Not found
AI annual estimate
Not found
ML model estimate / mo
$29.8K/mo
Top-grossing rank
Outside top 100 in US Business
All-time revenue
Not found
Pricing
Not found

Founder

Founder data not yet collected for this app.

Funding

Funding data not yet collected for this app.

Press & Links

Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.

Contacts & Socials

Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth2,041,859 ratings+1440% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾Jul 2023Dec 2025Jun 2026
Tracked (24 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (34 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Version Release Timeline7 releases tracked
v429.1.0May 2026v430.0May 2026v431.0May 2026v432.1Jun 2026v433.0Jun 2026v434.0Jun 2026v435.0Jun 2026
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.

📝 About this app

Discover new perspectives and connect through conversation on Threads.

See what people are talking about right now—from niche interests to big moments. With communities, you can find people who also care about your interests on Threads. Reply, listen, share or just follow along.

Here’s what you can do on Threads:

■ Start a thread, share your take
Have something on your mind? Take it to Threads. Share a thought, ask a question or open up a conversation. There’s more than one way to kick things off with text, images, polls, ghost posts and more.

■ Jump into replies… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
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💾 201 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.3+🔖 v435.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 HR, CS, DA, NL, EN +26📂 Business💰 Paid
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What Worked™ · Development Pipeline

15 EVENTS TRACKED
Detected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v434.0 → v435.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +15,921 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v433.0 → v434.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +39,989 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v432.1 → v433.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +56,911 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v431.0 → v432.1
→ 30 days after: reviews +65,651 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v430.0 → v431.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +88,144 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v429.1.0 → v430.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +82,452 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v429.1.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +67,738 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
Rating ↑ 3.26 → 4.50 (improved 1.24★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.14★ · reviews +140,788 high confidence
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.14★ · reviews +140,788 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$29.8K/mo · rating +1.29★ · reviews +1,794,935 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.25★ · reviews +492 low · multiple changes
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.25★ · reviews +492 low · multiple changes
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +2.25★ · reviews +492 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +2.25★ · reviews +492 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 3.00 (improved 2.00★)
→ 30 days after: rating +2.25★ · reviews +492 medium · co-occurring
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ASO Keyword Positions

BEST RANK #17
Ranked for 1 App Store search query in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
social network·#17🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
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Multi-Country Performance

Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets
MarketRatingReviewsCurrent version
🇦🇺 AU4.4851★60,2574.4851★ this version
🇧🇷 BR4.72477★525,2574.72477★ this version
🇨🇦 CA4.49969★121,7214.49969★ this version
🇩🇪 DE4.53261★85,7954.53261★ this version
🇫🇷 FR4.54225★115,4664.54225★ this version
🇬🇧 GB4.54434★131,4824.54434★ this version
🇮🇳 IN4.54283★245,6904.54283★ this version
🇯🇵 JP4.35921★307,0554.35921★ this version
🇺🇸 US4.63655★2,034,4424.63655★ this version
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📝 Description

95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Threads: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
ZCAnalyzed by Zakhar Chumak · founder, bumetric·Full methodology·High confidence

Why high confidence: 2,046,680 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).

Frequently Asked Questions

4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public data
How much does Threads make per month?
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Threads earns approximately $29K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
What apps are like Threads?
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Who makes Threads?
Threads is published by Instagram, Inc. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Threads's BU Score?
Threads has a BU Score of 88/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.