25 Amazing Facts about Instagram

Instagram is the world’s largest video and photo sharing platform. Currently in 2023, there are 1.35 billion users on Instagram. In such a situation, our interest increases to know about the facts related to such platform and hence here we will get information about some most amazing facts about Instagram.

Instagram History

Instagram is an American social video and photo sharing app and website that was launched in 2010 and was later purchased by Facebook and is used in almost every country in the world. People are curious to know about Instagram facts, who created it and how it became so popular in the world today.
Till now many people know that it was created by Facebook but it is not so, there are many such hidden facts about Instagram which common people do not know.

The app was launched in 6 October 2010 by cofounders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and it is now owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook. On April 9, 2012, Facebook Inc. purchased Instagram for $1 billion ($1.34 billion in 2023) in cash and stock, with a plan to keep the company independently managed.

Instagram Facts

A social media on which people are always seen who are happy and that is why it has become the most famous in the world and it has become a fashion gallery for people, here people share photos and videos. There are some things about Instagram facts that many people do not know.

1. You will be surprised to know that Instagram was launched on October 6, 2010 and 25,000 people had joined on the very first day. Which is a record till date.
2. In 2011, there were only 10 million users on Instagram but in just 12 years i.e. in 2023, it increased to 1.35 billion users, which is a record.
3. When Instagram was being created and was in the testing period, it was named Codename. The name remained the same until it was launched.
4. You will be surprised to know that two different names were used to select the name of Instagram, which include instant camera and Telegram. Insta + Gram then became your Instagram which has become the most popular of the two in the world today.
5. The first post on Instagram was made by its co-founder @kevin on July 16, 2010 and it was a photo of a dog which was Kevin’s pet dog.
6. There are billions of accounts all over the world and many of our angels see a lot of fake accounts. A total of 8% of accounts on Instagram are fake.
7. The account with the most followers on Instagram is that of Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo. Whose total followers are more than 600 million.
8. In 2012, Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion and at that time it had more than 30 million users. Facebook was also accused of monopoly regarding this.
9. Selena Gomez is the first person to achieve 100 million followers on Instagram. She had already achieved 430 million followers in 2023.
10. There are more than 1 million advertisers from all over the world. Who run ads here every day and earn income for Instagram from this.
11. The most used emoji on Instagram is the Heart Emoji ❤️. Which is used the most by people all over the world and which people share the most with their friends.
12. Every month more than 16 million people search Instagram on Google.
13. In USA, Instagram Influencers with 100k followers earn $1000-2000 for every post. Whereas in India one can earn only $300-500.
14. More than 500 million stories are posted on Instagram every day. Which is a record till now and more than this is not uploaded anywhere else.
15. After Facebook, it is the second largest platform in the world where more than 60% people login to their accounts every day.
16. The most used hashtags are #love, #instagood, #me, #cute and #follow. Which are most used all over the world.
17. As you all know, this is an online fashion platform, 96% of the world’s top fashion brands have created their accounts. He earns millions of dollars every month through this platform.
18. This app is from America (USA) but only 32% of the people here are using Instagram and the rest of the users are from outside America.
19. It is number 4 in the list of world’s top social media. Before this there is Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp.
20. There are 500 million daily active users on Instagram.
21. Instagram is the 6th most visited website in the world.
22. Most Instagram users are only between 18 and 30 years old.
23. The most liked photo on Instagram was posted by Kylie Jenner when she had a daughter and it received more than 17 million likes, which is a record.
24. More than 80% people use Instagram for their personal work. There are only 20% such accounts which are creator and business accounts.
25. Instagram has been downloaded approximately 3.8 billion times.

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