Instagram Reaches 100 Million Monthly Active Users

A few months after Facebook celebrated its big 1 billion monthly active user mark, Instagram has a little bragging to do of its own. Facebook's photo-sharing network announced Tuesday that it hit the 100 million MAU mark.

A few months after Facebook celebrated its big 1 billion monthly active user mark, Instagram has a little bragging to do of its own. Facebook’s photo-sharing network announced Tuesday that it hit the 100 million MAU mark.

Instagram, founded in October 2010, now has 100 million MAUs sharing 40 million pictures per day, clicking 8,500 likes per second, and posting 1,000 comments per second.

Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom discussed in a blog post his company’s humble beginnings and wrote about what it has been like to see the company grow over the past few years:

Images have the ability to connect people from all backgrounds, languages, and cultures.

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