The news is that HivePosh has started growing our own Threads micro-influencers. This contest is a way we'll incentivize Hivers to develop their Threads accounts and cooperate with each other over the next 3 months (details).

So a week or so ago, 6 of us started posting from zero-authority Threads accounts to see how it would go. That's the results and prizes for the HivePosh Threads Contest #1:

@theworldaroundme: 1520 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 70 $HIVE for 🥇
@davideownzall: 1200 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 50 $HIVE for 🥈
@neotopher: 373 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 40 $HIVE for 🥉
@x-rain: 239 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 25 $HIVE for 4️⃣
@ladytruckview: 148 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 25 $HIVE for 5️⃣
@arsky: 99 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 20 $HIVE for 6️⃣

Our total team engagement score is 3,579 this week!

Congrats, guys! 😀🥂 Looks amazing for the first week!

Let's compare to Instagram...

Guess someone might say: why Threads? Everyone is on Instagram! Coincidently, I posted the same content on my zero-authority IG. The results are:

A zero-authority KittizensOfTheWorld on IG: 2 likes from strangers.
A zero-authority KittizensOfTheWorld on Threads: 200++ likes, reposts, comments, shares from strangers.

Thus, Threads is really, really better for new accounts than Instagram.

But what about converting the engagement into the following? That's a challenge, yeah, but hopefully our skills will improve as well as the Threads algo support will grow when we prove to be consistent Threads bloggers. Though each of us, or almost each of us, actually got some followers this week so let's see what will happen in a week. 🙂

People can't stop comparing

And I am not an exception. And that's great - that's the best fuel to become better as a blogger. For example, HivePosh Reddit contest was a true lab for building Reddit marketers, and the Threads contest will certainly be the same. Have fun, learn, and sell your upgraded online marketing skills afterwards on the labor market.

The biggest prize in the contest - I'll remind you - isn't a weekly US dollar or so, but a well-established Threads account relevant to your life interests with a perspective raising more HivePosh prizes when we begin the second phase and also finding real customers wanting a paid micro-influencer in your niche one day.

So... Let's continue the contest! 😀

How to join the contest

Anybody can do that - read all the details here. Here is an example of an entry to the contest.

The Upgraded Rules

• 1 Hiver = 1 entry to this contest
• 1 Hiver can have up to 3 Threads blogs
• Your total engagement count (a total number of comments, likes, reposts, shares) must be 30 or more to be eligible for the prizes.
• Your Threads posts and comments mustn't be older than 11 days to be eligible. They must be posted after July 8, 2026, when the HivePosh Threads contest was announced

The deadline

Looking forward to seeing your entries for Threads contest #2 in the comments section below strictly no later than 13:00 UTC on July 28, 2026.

The rules will be updated often to fine-tune the contest.

If you have an interesting Threads experience and ideas, don't hesitate to share it in the comments!