Meta’s Threads now boasts 115 million daily users, up 128% year-over-year. X, meanwhile, just dipped to 132 million DAUs, down 15% over the same period.

It’s the closest the numbers have ever been…

And while X still holds the edge in time spent (31 minutes per day vs. Threads’ 8), there’s a shift happening beneath the surface – not just in user behavior, but in ad dollars and brand trust.

The Bigger Story

Threads isn’t winning by being radically different. It’s winning by being good enough – and drama-free.

Over the last six months, Meta has shipped a steady stream of upgrades:

• Trending-topics 
• Follower-only replies
• An improved video player

All designed to make Threads feel familiar to Twitter veterans but cleaner, calmer, and more controllable.

Then came the real unlock: ads.

Meta opened global ad access on Threads in April, effectively flipping the switch on 350M+ MAUs – and giving media buyers a clean, familiar place to redirect spend.

Meanwhile, over at X:

• Only 4% of marketers consider it brand-safe

• 26% of advertisers plan to reduce spend this year (the steepest pullback of any major platform.)

• And last week, CEO Linda Yaccarino resigned after a turbulent year marked by public clashes with Musk and a mass exodus of blue-chip brands (e.g. Marvel Studios)

So while Threads may still trail on raw usage minutes, the platform momentum – product, perception, and now monetization – is clearly shifting.

Why You Should Care

This is a textbook case of how platforms lose their grip.

Threads didn’t out-innovate X. It didn’t need to. It just stayed stable, shipped weekly, and positioned itself as the less risky bet, at a time when X kept lighting itself on fire in public.

If your org relies on social visibility, paid promotion, or even just organic distribution, watch Threads closely.

Because while the world’s been focused on AI and TikTok, Meta may have just pulled off the stealthiest comeback in social – and claimed a chunk of Twitter’s original value prop without ever needing to shout about it.

And so the plot thickens 📈

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Instead of bouncing between tabs, screenshot hunting, and digging through outdated docs, he’s compiled 13 strategic prompts designed to extract real competitive intelligence in seconds.

The catch? These aren’t generic ChatGPT prompts. They’re built specifically for Ask Klue Research Mode, which pulls from your actual competitive data – battlecards, win-loss interviews, news alerts, verified public sources – to deliver citation-backed insights.

Two Prompts Worth Stealing

Here are the standouts from Jahbari’s collection:

The “Why We Win” Builder

This prompt doesn’t just list your strengths. It structures each winning point around a core theme, finds evidence from win-loss data and public sources, then generates discovery questions your sales team can actually use.

The magic? It connects your product strengths to their specific weaknesses using real buyer feedback, not marketing fluff.

The “Trap-Setting Questions” Generator

This one analyzes customer feedback on competitors from the last 12 months, identifies their common pain points, then crafts open-ended questions designed to surface those exact issues during discovery calls.

Each question comes with context on why it works and how to pivot the conversation back to your strengths.

Why These Prompts Work

Most competitive research feels like detective work – piecing together fragments from review sites, press releases, and random forum posts. These prompts flip that process by starting with structured frameworks, then pulling in real data to validate assumptions.

The result? Research that feels less like guesswork and more like strategic intelligence.

A Quick Reality Check

Can you use these prompts with ChatGPT? Sure. But expect significantly weaker results. Without access to your custom battlecards, win-loss interviews, and verified competitive data, you’re basically asking ChatGPT to make educated guesses based on publicly available information.

The real power comes from connecting these frameworks to your actual competitive intelligence – the kind of insights that live in your CRM, recorded sales calls, and buyer interviews.

The Big Takeaway

Competitive research doesn’t have to be a manual slog. With the right prompts and the right data sources, you can turn what used to be hours of research into minutes of strategic analysis.

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