Instagram Edges Past Twitter
Facebook's photo-sharing service Instagram said it had more than 300 million users, sharing over 70 million photos and videos each day.
"Instagram is adding an average of 360k new active users per day; For comparison Twitter is adding 160k new users per day," Colin Sebastian, an analyst at Robert W Baird & Co., said today in a tweet.
Instagram said that on average its users share 70 million photos per day. About 70 percent of users are now outside the U.S., an increase from 65 percent in March, according to the statement. More than 30 billion photos have now been shared on the app.
Instagram's users are more than Twitter's, which has 284 million active users, according to its website.
Instagram also said in a blog that users would now see a "verified" badge for celebrities, athletes and brands as Instagram pushes to deactivate spam accounts. It also plans to permanently delete spam accounts, which may cause a drop in some users' follower counts.
Instagram said that on average its users share 70 million photos per day. About 70 percent of users are now outside the U.S., an increase from 65 percent in March, according to the statement. More than 30 billion photos have now been shared on the app.
Instagram's users are more than Twitter's, which has 284 million active users, according to its website.
Instagram also said in a blog that users would now see a "verified" badge for celebrities, athletes and brands as Instagram pushes to deactivate spam accounts. It also plans to permanently delete spam accounts, which may cause a drop in some users' follower counts.
