{"id":4457,"date":"2016-06-21T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T13:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/21\/instagram-now-has-more-than-a-half-a-billion-users\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T21:23:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T13:23:10","slug":"instagram-now-has-more-than-a-half-a-billion-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/21\/instagram-now-has-more-than-a-half-a-billion-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram now has more than a half a billion users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f122178%2finstagram-1\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/kQznV4uLMl4okPvni_TbSwoFVY4=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F122178%2Finstagram-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Instagram+now+has+more+than+a+half+a+billion+users&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F21%2Finstagram-500-million-users%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F21%2Finstagram-500-million-users%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Instagram has reached a new milestone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The photo sharing app now counts more than 500 million monthly active users, up from <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/09\/22\/instagram-400-million-users\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">400 million<\/a> in September, Instagram announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/03\/stop-freaking-out-about-instagram-already\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Dear millennials: Instagram doesn&#8217;t owe you anything<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of those, more than 300 million people use the app every day, according to a statement from the company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>International growth also remains strong, with more than 80% of users now living outside of the United States (up from 75% in September.)<\/p>\n<p>The new stats come at a time when users are fired up over changes the company has made to its app, particularly its feed, which shifted to an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/03\/instagram-algorithim-feed\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">algorithmic-based<\/a>\u00a0model.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">But if Instagram&#8217;s recent change to an algorithmic-based feed has had any impact on its growth and engagement, it&#8217;s difficult to discern from the latest numbers the company has shared. The app now sees more than 95 million new posts and more than 4 billion likes each day.\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/21\/instagram-500-million-users\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apps-and-software\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apps And Software<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/social-media\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Social Media<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/facebook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/instagram\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/7eWrt-pbZjc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has reached a new milestone.\u00a0 The photo sharing app now counts more than 500 million monthly active users, up from 400 million in September, Instagram announced Tuesday. 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