Instagram Statistics – Interesting Facts and Figures 2023
By Susan Kennedy
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Looking for some Instagram statistics? We all love this stuff and I thought I’d put together a little compilation of some fun and interesting facts and figures about Instagram.
On this website I cover a lot of information about spy apps, monitoring your kids online use and security on the web.
I hope you’ll take a moment to have a look around – I hope you’ll find out something new!
On the subject of Instagram did you know it can be hacked and others can gain access to all of your messages, photos and videos shared on your Instagram account. Se my article – How to Hack Instagram – it has all the information you need.
So what about these stats!
Instagram is a social networking app that allows users to share photos and videos. You can follow and be followed by users, you can also tag friends, like posts and comment. It is also widely used as a messaging app.
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Monthly Active Users
In June 2018 Instagram passed the 1 billion active monthly user’s milestone. With more than 500 million users on the platform on a daily basis. It is one of the most popular social networking apps with Facebook ( 2 billion monthly active users) and YouTube (1.9 billion active daily users) coming in ahead of it.
Who uses Instagram
By far the largest demographic for Instagram users is the 13-17 year olds with a staggering 72% of teenagers in this bracket using the platform. But 64% of 18-29 year olds are also using it. 40% of 30-49 year olds, 21% of 50-64 year olds and 10% of 65+.
These figures tell us how popular this social networking site is and why so many businesses are using it as a marketing tool.
Advertising Revenue
Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion when it only had 30 million users, it was a wise investment. In 2018 alone it reportedly brought in between $8-9 billion.
Ad revenue from Instagram is expected to bring in 25% (2019) of Facebook’s ad revenue and will grow to 30% by the end of 2020.
Business Users and Instagram
Eight out of every ten or 80% of users follow a business. This means if your brand has an Instagram presence your audience are more likely to follow you and user engagement will increase.
In fact, 200 million users visit a business profile on a daily basis
Most Liked Photo on Instagram?
Unbelievably a photo of an egg became the most liked photo with 53 million likes! It all started as a joke to try and beat the record set when Kylie Jenner announced the birth of her daughter (18 million likes) and it only took ten days!
As people, brands and businesses use Instagram daily it is not surprising that 100 million photos and videos are shared every day.
Average Time Spent on Instagram
On average users spend 53 minutes every day on Instagram. They use this time to scroll through photos, watch stories, follow new people and businesses and send messages.
Likes – Facts and Figures
Instagram gets 4.2 billion, yes billion likes per day. That is a lot of double tapping, required to register a like.
People with the most followers on Instagram :
Selena Gomez: 138 million followers
Cristiano Ronaldo: 128 million followers
Ariana Grande: 121 million followers
Beyoncé: 115 million followers
Kim Kardashian: 112 million followers
Taylor Swift: 109 million followers
Kylie Jenner: 109 million followers
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson: 108 million followers
Justin Bieber: 100 million followers
Neymar Jr: 94 million followers
How we interact and socialize has changed beyond all recognition in the last decade or so and will continue to change and develop. Instagram is an app that will continue to be used as a way of interacting for many years to come.
Hope you liked our round up of Instagram statistics!
Looking for some Snapchat Statistics ? – have a look here for some fun stats.
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