Let’s start with the timeline...
- October 6, 2010 - Instagram hit the streets.
- December 12, 2010 - Instagram racks up 1 million users - hot diggity!
- August 3, 2011 - 150 million photos uploaded since launch.
- September 26, 2011 - Instagram rockets to 10 million users - from 1M to 10M in under a year, just, WOW!
- April 9, 2012 Instagram bought by Facebook for $1 billion - a marriage made in social media heaven.
- February 26, 2013 - hits 100 million users.
- September 6, 2013 - celebrates 150 million users.
- September 26, 2017 - Instagram community goes through the roof with 800 million users, 500 million daily active users - that's huge.
These Instagram statistics prove the value of Instagram when it comes to targeting consumers and increasing brand awareness - it just works. Brands are in a frenzy, looking for ways to make their products Instagrammable.
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Instagram stats – demographics
- 59% of Internet users between 18-29 years old use Instagram, with 33% of Internet users between 30 and 49.
- Gender is 50/50 on Instagram, however, female Internet users are 38% more likely to use Instagram compared to men at 26%.
- 80% of Instagram users live outside the US.
- In 2015, 77.6 million users were from the US.
- It’s expected that the number of US users will exceed 100 million by 2018.
- 32% of teenagers consider Instagram to be the most important social network - are they right?
- There are 250 million daily users of Instagram stories.
- 32% of Instagram users attended college - not sure that this is hugely important, but included anyway.
Instagram stats – users
- Selena Gomez leads with 128 million followers on Instagram, that’s more than 20% of Instagram’s entire user base.
- Bringing up the rear are Ariana Grande with 115M, Beyoncé with 107M, Taylor Swift and Mrs West with 104M each - counts are correct at time of publishing, but they fluctuate.
- Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement holds the record for the most liked Instagram post, with over 11 million likes - fertile!
- Before Beyoncé exposed her bump, the most liked post was a sponsored one of Selena Gomez drinking Coca-Cola, with 6.5 million likes and 275,000 comments.
- Fashionistas check Instagram every day, that's 15 times per day, and on average, follow 353 accounts.
- Last year, Instagram reached 1 billion installs on Google Play.
- Average monthly follower growth for Instagram users is 16%.
- 95 million photos and videos are shared on Instagram per day.
- With so many photos shared, it ain't no surprise that users miss 70% of their feeds.
- Group messages with Instagram Direct can include up to 15 people.
- Users like 4.2 billion posts daily.
- You can have 5 Instagram accounts.
Instagram stats – business
- There are 8 million registered businesses using Instagram.
- Big name brands post on average, 4.9 times per week.
- Instagram has 2 million advertisers, that’s a 900% growth since the beginning of 2016 - WOW, WOW, WOW!
- Instagram posted its first sponsored post to US users in November 2013. US brand, Michael Kors, received a whole bunch of negative comments - hey, no one likes ads - but the brand gained nearly 34,000 new followers in the 18 hours are posting.
- The first sponsored posts to UK users was in September 2014 with an ad from Starbucks. Again, there were negative comments. But, this initial reaction has not put brands off - I doubt that the 15M+ followers of Starbucks are there just to complain.
- Over 50% businesses on Instagram have produced a story.
- 50% of Instagram users follow at least one business.
- 60% of users state that they’ve learned about a product or service on Instagram.
- 75% of users take action after looking at an Instagram post.
- 60% of top brands on Instagram use the same filter for every post
- In 2017, 70.7% of US companies will use Instagram for marketing, edging out Twitter for the first time - oooh, competition, love it.
- Instagram influencers are charging up to $100,000 for a sponsored post - $$$$$$$$.
- Instagram’s global mobile ad revenues will reach $2.81 billion in 2017 - even more, $$$$$$$$.
Instagram stats – content
- Average engagement rate for all Instagram posts is 1.1%.
- Posts with hashtags resulted in a 70.14% increase in likes compared to those without.
- Posts during out of hours get more engagement, with 7 to 9pm being the optimum time for posting (depending on your time zone).
- Wednesday and Thursday posts can bring the most engagement, with Sunday bringing the least.
- More than 40 billion photos have been uploaded to Instagram.
- Images featuring blue as the dominant color generate 24% more likes than images that are predominantly red.
Just saying!
- Photos with faces get 38% more likes than photos without, they’re also 32% more likely to attract comments.
Does the Yeti face count?
- When Instagram launched videos, 5 million were uploaded in the first 24 hours.
- Users look at video for 5 times longer than static content, when using Instagram on mobile.
- Instagram videos get 2 times the engagement of photos compared to other social media platforms.
- Top 10 hashtags on Instagram: #love #instagood #photooftheday #tbt #beautiful #cute #me #happy #fashion #followme.
- Pizza is the most hashtagged food. Afters include sushi, steak, burgers, bacon, tacos, donuts…
- The most shared emoji is the red heart, with 79% more than the next most popular symbol - smiling face with heart eyes.
- 50% of all captions and comments on Instagram contain at least one emoji.
- 92% of Instagram posts are photos - admittedly, not one of the most earth shattering Instagram statistics.
- The most popular filters are Clarendon, Gingham, and Juno/Lark.
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Of all the Instagram stats, which is your favorite?
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