Instagram At 80 Million

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 09: In this photo illustration, the photo-sharing app Instagram fan page is seen on the Facebook website on the Apple Safari web browser on April 9, 2012 in New York City. Facebook Inc. is acquiring photo-sharing app Instagram for approx. $1 billion. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Looks like the Facebook acquisition has been good for the Instagram user base. It has doubled. I think the growth rate has accelerated since the acquisition.

Instagram hits 80 million users, a 30M increase since

acquisition, nearly 4B photos shared
Facebook sees the value in the network as it is, a photo creation machine with a lot of user love. .... the YouTube of photos

Google left YouTube alone. Facebook perhaps will leave Instagram alone.

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