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In the first three months of Instagram debuting in the App Store, the retro filters that Instagram provided attracted over a million iPhone users, and the number continued to expand when the app became available on the Android platform in 2012. (Shutterstock/Maxxa Satori)
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nstagram has come a long way since it was launched six years ago and it recently announced a new milestone of having up over 500 million users.
"Today, we’re excited to announce our community has grown to more than 500 million Instagrammers — more than 300 million of whom use Instagram every single day. Our community also continues to become even more global, with more than 80 percent living outside of the United States," the company stated on its official blog on Tuesday.
(Read also: Seven Indonesian sketchers you should follow on Instagram)
In the first three months of Instagram debuting in the App Store, the retro filters that Instagram provided attracted over a million iPhone users, and the number continued to expand when the app became available on the Android platform in 2012. Its success caught Facebook's attention, which later acquired the company for US$1 billion.
New breakthroughs have recently been added by Instagram, including the ability to share one-minute long video and an update to its iconic logo. Although the latter stirred quite a controversy, it obviously did not stop users from using the app anytime soon. (ken/kes)
