The Instagram app surfaces Threads posts and automatically redirects you to the Threads app if you click. Threads web visitors is very low compared to rivals, it's mostly this Instagram clickbait tactic driving the numbers for the mobile app.

Those Threads clickbait posts are always some inflammatory cliffhanger too. Just join threads so you can respond angrily!

And how many bots are on Threads vs X?

I can't remember having seen any engagement on twitter/X in years. And that's with thousands of alleged "followers"

All the sponsored threads posts I get on instagram read like linkedin slop so I assume it is mostly all bots on threads.

I recently deleted my Reddit account after a million years because every other post was obviously AI generated "am I the jerk" posts (use your imagination for variations on "jerk").

I used to participate in some subreddits where support is offered for a couple of chronic illnesses I have but even those are "doctor says it's X, am I cooked".

Just over it.

And the threads posts look like expanded instagram comments!

Anecdata:

I never intend to go to Threads, but am tricked at least once a week by different confusing links in Instagram to going there.

I read a lot of different news and social sites and can't remember ever seeing a link to threads.