Instagram marks 13 years

Since 2010, Instagram has been met with intense user interest and remains one of the most used applications in many countries.

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Instagram was founded on October 6, 2010. Over the past 13 years, the company has rapidly increased its number of members and has become one of the social media platforms with the most users.

MORE THAN 13 BILLION MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS IN ITS 13TH YEAR

According to a report by Website Rating, known for its research on websites, Turkey stands out among the countries that use Instagram the most as of the end of September. While India tops the list with 263.3 million accounts, Turkey ranks second with 153.6 million accounts, and Brazil is in third place with 119.6 million active accounts.

As one of the most visited websites in the world, Instagram has more than 12.8 billion monthly active users, while 500 million people visit the application daily.

Approximately 50 billion photos have been uploaded to Instagram by users to date.

The user base consists of 47.2 percent women and 52.8 percent men. It is noteworthy that 70 percent of account holders are under the age of 35. The 25-year-old age group stands out as the group that spends the most time on the application, with a daily average of 32 minutes.

The highest engagement is received on Wednesdays between 17:00 and 19:00.

On the platform, world-famous Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is the person with the most followers, with 607 million. Argentine football star Lionel Messi is recorded as the person who received the most likes with the 61.2 million likes on the pose he shared with the World Cup in December 2022.

Following Messi, the egg photo shared by the "world_record_egg" account with 55.9 million likes takes second place, while that image is followed by the post in which Ronaldo announced his twins.

While the most shared city on the application is London, the most popular hashtags are listed as "#love, #instagood, #fashion, #photooftheday". The "face with tears of joy" emoji stands out as the most used emoji.

According to the data, approximately 71 percent of businesses in the US make sales and advertise through the platform. Meanwhile, 44 percent of users use Instagram for shopping on a weekly basis, and one in every two people visits the application to discover brands.

News Source: AA