Top 29 astonishing facts about Instagram
Instagram is one of the most popular social media websites/applications.
Instagram ios version was released in October 2010. A version for Android launched in April 2012. Instagram is available in 32 languages.
Nowadays most teenagers spend their time on Instagram. Are you curious to know the astonishing facts about Instagram?, then without wasting your time. Let's begin…..
1. Instagram is used by more than 1 billion users per month.
Instagram is used by more than 1 billion users or month. Instagram is one of the best social media websites for influencers and businesses because Instagram is providing best results than any other social media website.
2. Instagram has 500 million daily users
Everyday a lot of users create their account on Instagram because it provides enhanced user experience. Instagram has a lot of features that's why a lot of teenagers and adults are fascinated towards it.
3. Most followed personality on Instagram.
Cristiano Ronaldo has the most number of followers on Instagram with 222 million followers. He also became the first person to reach 200 million followers on Instagram. He is also the most followed person on Facebook.
Ronaldo earns 1 million dollars for a sponsored post on Instagram.
4. Most followed musician on Instagram.
Most followed musician and actress on Instagram is Ariana Grande with 189 million followers. She is also a second most followed personality on Instagram after Cristiano Ronaldo.
After Ariana Grande second most followed musician is Selena Gomez with 178 million followers.
5. Most followed Actor on Instagram.
Dwayne Johnson aka the rock is the most followed actor on Instagram with 185 million followers. Dwayne Johnson is also a most followed professional wrestler on Instagram.
6. Most followed television personality on Instagram.
Kylie Jenner is the most followed television personality and business woman on Instagram with 179 million followers.
Second most followed television personality is Kim Kardashian West with 173 million followers.
7. Most followed comedian on Instagram
Kevin Hart is the most followed comedian on Instagram with 92 million followers.
Second most followed comedian on Instagram is Ellen DeGeneres with 89 million followers.
8. Most followed basketball player on Instagram
LeBron James is the most followed basketball player on Instagram with 65 million followers.
9. Most followed cricketer on Instagram.
Virat Kohli is the most followed cricketer on Instagram with 61 million followers.
10. Most followed brand on Instagram.
Instagram has its own page which is the most followed brand on Instagram with 351 million followers.
Second most followed brand on Instagram is National geographic with 137 million followers. National Geographic is a United States magazine.
11. Most used hashtag on Instagram
Love is the most used hashtag on Instagram, more than 1.8 billion posts were uploaded using this hashtag.
12. Most liked Post on Instagram.
An egg picture is the most liked post on Instagram with 54 million likes.
This egg picture was posted on 4 January 2019.
xxxtentacion post is the second most liked post on Instagram with 19 million likes.
13. Instagram first post
The cofounder of Instagram Kevin systrom uploaded the first ever post on Instagram, it was a picture of a stray dog.
14. Instagram stories feature.
Everyday more than 500 million users upload stories to their instagram account. The picture uploaded to the story will automatically disappear after 24 hours.
15. Use of Instagram
Instagram is used by 44% male and 56% female.
16. Facebook acquired Instagram
On 6 September 2012 Facebook acquired Instagram for 1 billion dollar. In 2020 Instagram is worth 100 billion dollars.
17. Most used food hashtag on Instagram
Pizza is the most used food hashtag on Instagram. More than 46 million posts were uploaded using this hashtag.
Second most used food hashtag is Sushi. This hashtag has been used in more than 27 million posts.
18. Most number of posts uploaded by a profile on Instagram.
Smsaruae profile has uploaded the most number of posts on Instagram. This profile has uploaded more than 316k posts.
Second profile with the most number of posts on Instagram is maytyshop2. This profile has uploaded more than 238k posts.
19. Daily time spent on Instagram
On an average every user spends at least 50 minutes on Instagram per day.
20. Number of pictures included in a single post.
Every user can insert 10 pictures in a single Instagram post. This feature was introduced in February 2017.
21. Hashtag
Instagram introduced it's hashtag feature in January 2011.
22.IGTV
Instagram released its IGTV application in June 2018. IGTV is a video application which can be used for long-form video.
Maximum 15 minute video can be uploaded on IGTV, minimum requirement is one minute.
23. Private messaging
Instagram launched "Instagram direct" as a private messaging feature in December 2013.
24. Boomerang
Instagram introduced boomerang in October 2015. Boomerang is a video application launched by Instagram.
25. Most followed politician on Instagram
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is the most followed politician on Instagram with 42 million followers.
26.burbn
Instagram was first called as burbn.
27. Alexa
According to alexa rank Instagram is ranked at number 30 in the world.
28. Head of Instagram
In 2020 the head of Instagram is Adam mosseri. He is a CEO of Instagram.
Before Adam mosseri, Kevin systrom served as chief executive officer (CEO) and Mike Krieger as a chief technical officer (CTO) of Instagram.
The founders of Instagram Kevin systrom and Mike Krieger both resigned at the same time in 2018.
29. Country with most Instagram users
Most Instagram users by a country are the United States of America (USA) with 120 million users.
Second country with the most Instagram users is India with 90 million users.
. Conclusion
In this blog, we saw some amazing facts about Instagram.
Instagram is becoming one of the most popular social media websites, although it is still behind Facebook. If, in case Instagram takes over Facebook the benefits still goes to one person that is none other than Mark Zuckerberg, because as you know he acquired Instagram for 1 billion dollars.
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