Interesting and unknown facts about Instagram

At least 80 million photos are uploaded to the site every day, making it one of the fastest growing social networks. No wonder Zuckerberg paid a heavy sum for it ($1bn) back in 2012.

                              

Instagram exploded in 2015 and continues to grow rapidly every day! Here are 15 interesting and unknown facts about this fast growing social network Instagram that I think might catch your attention:
1.There are 300 million monthly active users on Instagram
2. 75 million of those use Instagram every day.
3. 30% of teenagers consider Instagram the most important social network. 9% of teenage girls claim to have been bullied on Instagram.

4. 20% of US adult females use Instagram, compared to 15% of US adult men.
5. 20% of Internet users aged between 16 and 64 have an Instagram account.
6. 41% of Instagram's audience are aged between 16 and 24.
7. 22% of internet users in the Middle East and North Africa use Instagram.
8. 47% of adult users access Instagram from a smartphone. 53% use a tablet.
9. Instagram launched in October 2010. Over 20 billion photographs have been shared on the site since then. 70 million new photos are shared each day.
10. There are around 2.5 billion Instagram likes every day, or 8500 new likes each second. 1000 comments are left each second.
11. 70% of Instagram users log in at least once a day. 35% check Instagram multiple times per day.
12. Only 23% of Instagram users utilize the direct messaging feature.
13. 60% of Instagram users are located outside of the US.
14. Around 25% of Fortune 500 companies use Instagram actively. They usually post on Thursdays.
15. Instagram photos featuring faces get 32% more likes.