Instagram continues to grow but loses value on Facebook
April was the month of Instagram, or that collects the specialized website Venture Beat And the fact is that the events of the past month only increased the fame of this social network, achieving record figures both in users and in visitors to its website So much so that in States United, where all this data comes from, the website of Instagram is the one that more visits has gained in that monthData endorsed by comScore, a company dedicated to measuring Internet audiences
With this, Instagram has achieved a 78 percent increase in unique visits within the United States Which, translated into absolute numbers is almost 14, 6 million visits , compared to the 8.2 million registered in March. A most notable increase, although it is not unreasonable after the media fluctuations of the month of April, in which Instagram and Facebook made the most headlines.
Thus, on April 4th the arrival of the social network for photographic retouching on the Android operating system was made official A movement that It made its number of users grow like foam, exceeding, today, the 50 million people subscribed to InstagramUndoubtedly, opening up to one of the most widespread platforms But this was not the only point in favor of this curious social network Another much bigger one was going to make its appearance.
We mean Facebook, and his notorious Instagram purchase for a whopping billion dollars, although it was later clarified that it was 300 million dollars and 23 million shares Something that, a few days later of what was commented above, returned Instagram to the arena of the specialized media And not only that, since the news spread like wildfire also through the social network of Mark Zuckerberg , which already has more than 900 million users
But, as they say on the web Venture Beat, not everything is good. His union with Facebook has well earned Instagram, but by joining this social network, and after the disappointing IPO of the same, has also meant a significant reduction in value If when it was bought it was estimated that Instagram had a value from $1.27 billion, now that Facebook shares have fallen to $31.41 , its value has fallen to 1,030 million, a total of 236 million dollars less
However, its popularity continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Also, do not forget that this data is focused on North American territory, but Instagram and Facebook have global reach so it is likely that in the coming months we will continue to see a growth of the photo retouching social network most famous among smartphonesWe remind you that Instagram can be downloaded completely free both for mobile phones Android as for iPhone from their respective app markets: Google Play and iTunes
