public class ManyThreads { public static void main(String[] args) { final int THREAD_COUNT = 5000; for (int i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) { new Thread(() -> { while (true) { try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }).start(); } System.out.println("All " + THREAD_COUNT + " threads created!"); while (true) { try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } }