Instagram: 5 Million Users, 95 Million Photos, 4 Employees

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Instagram, the photo sharing social network for iPhones, continues to grow like crazy.


Here are the latest stats from the company, via founder Kevin Systrom, who talked to TechCrunch:



  • 5 million users

  • 100,000 new users over the weekend

  • 95 million photos (or roughly 19 per user)

  • 4 employees

  • 2,500 apps using its APIs

  • 860,000 new photos per day (or roughly 1 per every 5 users)

  • 1.25 million users per employee

  • 8 months since launch


Pretty cool!


Instagram definitely has the potential to be one of the big mobile social networks in a few years, and the clones already seem to be cooling down.


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