Instagram Statistics in 2012

The world seems to be talking about Instagram after its recent $1 billion Facebook acquisition. In just 2 years the app has acquired more than 50 million users. Here’s some stats as Instagram heads toward the 100 million users milestone:

• Every day on Facebook, 300 million photos are uploaded
• There are roughly 58 photos uploaded each second
• Instagram gains one new user every second
• One billion photos have been taken with the Instagram app

Since it’s launch last year Instagram has exploded, reaching 1 million users in just over 2 months. It’s now growing twice as fast as Flickr. Some of the highlights:

• There are currently 7 million users worldwide, uploading 1.3m photos each day
• Over 150 million photos have been uploaded in total, on average 15 per second
• Instagram has enjoyed 78 million likes on pictures so far!
• 8 of 10 photos uploaded have had a filter added