Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sources:
1:20 Anthony Quintano from Honolulu, HI, United States, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1:59 Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Articles and studies referenced:
0:13 Sensor Tower analysis: twitter.com/SensorTower/status/1679105832036835329?s=20
0:19 similar web analysis: similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/threads-week