Instagram Today: 500 Million Windows to the World

June 21, 2016: 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.

As you’ve captured and shared the moments happening around you, you’ve formed incredibly varied and diverse communities. Whether you’re an illustrator, a sneakerhead or an astronaut on the International Space Station, every photo and video you share helps bring people closer to friends and interests, broadens perspectives and inspires a sense of wonder. You’ve made Instagram a place where the everyday and the epic are always within reach.

Thank you for your creativity, your openness and your passion for sharing your worlds with one another. We can’t wait to see what you create next.

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Here in the Middle East we are proud to be home to some massively prolific Instagram users, from bloggers, influencers and photographers to entrepreneurs and cool new businesses.  The5, one of the region’s leading boybands has commented on the Instagram announcement “Congratulations to @instagram for reaching 500 million users! Instagram is an amazing platform that we love and use every day to connect with the #fivers. Instagram is huge in this region and we love sharing our memorable moments on it”.
 
Some really awesome Middle East Instagram pages include Al, https://www.instagram.com/aljvd/, Mohamed Somji, https://www.instagram.com/msomji/ and  https://www.instagram.com/genyvb/ go check them out!
 
Some other interesting data points Instagram is announcing:
   • Instagram's (monthly) user base more than doubled in size over the past two years.
   • More than 80% of the Instagram community is outside the US.
   • Instagram content sees 4.2 billion likes/day, on average