TechCrunch Daily Crunch Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users
Aug 13, 2025
Threads has made waves by reaching over 400 million monthly active users, showcasing its rapid growth in the social media landscape. Meanwhile, Google rolls out a feature allowing users to choose their preferred news sources, enhancing the search experience. On the AI front, Anthropic offers its services to the U.S. government, stirring competition in the tech sector. This blend of social media success and technological advancements makes for an exhilarating discussion.
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Google Lets You Pick Top News Sources
- Google launched Preferred Sources to let users prioritize which publishers appear in Top Stories for English searches in the US and India.
- The feature risks reinforcing ideological bubbles by showing more of what users already prefer instead of diverse viewpoints.
Evaluate FedRAMP And Integration Support
- Anthropic is offering Claude models to all three U.S. government branches for $1 per agency for one year to expand federal adoption quickly.
- Agencies should evaluate FedRAMP High support and offered technical integration help before deploying it for sensitive, unclassified tasks.
Threads Hits 400M Monthly Users
- Threads reached over 400 million monthly active users roughly two years after launch, adding 50 million in the last quarter.
- The platform's mobile daily users are closing the gap with X, though Threads trails X heavily on web visits.