1. The United States, Japan, and Brazil are the three countries with the most users.
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2. Selfies rule Instagram
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Courtesy of Media Bistro.
3. There are 57 million photos bearing #selfie hashtag its many variations on Instagram.
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This is a big part of the reason "selfie" was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionary
4. The celebrity with the most selfies is Kylie Jenner with 451.
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That's a lot of mirror and front facing camera pics.
5. New York City is the most geotagged city.
6. And Times Square is the second most geotagged place.
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7. The first is Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok, Thailand.
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8. No Filter is actually the most popular filter on Instagram.
9. This picture of Will Smith and Justin Bieber was the most liked picture of 2013
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10. And yes Bieber is the most followed person on Instagram.
11. But the Instagram profile is still the most followed user name on the platform.
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53 million and counting.
13. Facebook purchased the company two years later in 2012 for $1 billion in cash and stock.
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14. When it was bought by Facebook Instagram only had 13 employees.
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(12 pictured)
15. As of 2014 16 billion photos have been uploaded to Instagram.
16. But Facebook still trumps that with 140 billion photos!!!
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17. 70% of Instagram users check it at least once a day.
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35% of users check it multiple times a day.
18. Only 40% of Instagram's global users live in the United States.
19. NIKE is the most followed brand.
20. Victoria's Secret is the most followed retailer.
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21. 83% of all posts contain hashtags.
22. The most popular hashtags are #love,#beautiful,#cute, #me, and #tbt amongst others.
23. Oh, and of course Jen Setler has the most followed bum.
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Dat Ass!
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