Threads: How to Access and Use Meta’s New App in Europe

The app is currently unavailable in many local European App Stores — here`s how you can access and use it anyway

Christian Häfner
5 min readJul 8, 2023
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Since July 6, the internet has gone crazy with news about Meta’s new app Threads, which has reached 70 million signups in just 48 hours after its launch! Designed as a Twitter alternative, it’s already winning over users with a significantly enhanced User Experience.

However, access to Threads isn’t currently available in several European countries including Germany, Spain and Ireland, due to data protection concerns. If you don't want to miss out, keep reading.

In this article, I’ll guide you on how to use Threads in countries where the app is not available, and what you should know before you get started.

At first glance, the application looks promising indeed.

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Christian Häfner
Christian Häfner

Written by Christian Häfner

Indiepreneur based in Europe (SaaS, E-Commerce, Blogging) writing about tools, methods & learnings that helped me work and live independently since 2011.