Instagram soars to 80M users, 4B photos

July 30, 2012

Instagram soars to 80M users, 4B photos

 By Jennifer Van Grove – Venture Beat – July 26, 2012 
 

 

More than just an insta-success, Instagramtoday announced that it has surpassed 80 million users who are sharing photos with friends via its iPhone and Android apps.

The nearly two-year-old photo-sharing and filtering service, the property of Facebook pending close of that deal, is also today celebrating nearly 4 billion photos shared.

The milestones are quite remarkable and demonstrate that the mobile photo phenom can maintain its red-hot status as a Facebook property.

Instagram added more than 50 million users since it released an Android application in early April, which was also just days before Facebook revealed its intentions to snatch up the burgeoning service. The two major events have clearly contributed to the app’s continued success and growth.

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