Instagram, was created 4 years ago but was bought by Facebook in 2012. The platform now has over 300 million users, and has officially overtaken Twitter which has 284 million users as at 6 weeks ago.
This was made known today by Instagram’s CEO, Kevin Systrom while maintaining that over 70 million photos and videos are shared by its members every day.
“We’re proud to announce that there are now more than 300 million Instagrammers. Over the past four years, what began as two friends with a dream has grown into a global community that shares more than 70 million photos and videos each day.
‘Instagram is home to creativity in all of its forms, a place where you can find everything from images of the Nile River to the newest look from Herschel Supply or a peek inside the mind of Taylor Swift,” he said
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