{"id":2842,"date":"2016-05-09T21:38:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T02:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2019-05-06T13:04:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T18:04:05","slug":"10-things-you-never-knew-about-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/?p=2842","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Never Knew About Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram was purchased by Facebook in April 2012 for 1 billion dollars, and there was a good reason for that. \u00a0Facebook saw what was happening. \u00a0Instagram has become one of the most\u00a0dominant forces in the world of social media, and for good reason. \u00a0It&#8217;s simple to use. \u00a0What it does, it does well. \u00a0And it just works. \u00a0If you aren&#8217;t on Instagram yet, you should try it out to see what all the fuss is about. \u00a0Just like Facebook, connecting with (or following) others is the key to a good experience, and in addition to your friends you&#8217;ll find celebrities, businesses, sports teams, and more, represented there.<\/p>\n<p>So here are some facts about Instagram that you might find interesting. \u00a0The sources for these facts range anywhere from CNN, to Business Insider, to press releases from Instagram itself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instagram took \u00bd the time and 2 yrs less than Facebook to reach 150 million users<\/li>\n<li>90% of users are under 35 yrs old<\/li>\n<li>68% of users are women<\/li>\n<li>Engagement is 15x more than Facebook<\/li>\n<li>The # of Likes\/minute is now over 510,000<\/li>\n<li>9 out of 10 posts are shared to Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Sunday is the most effective day to post<\/li>\n<li>The evening hours are the most effective time to post<\/li>\n<li>There is an increase in Likes by 24% if the dominant color of the image is blue<\/li>\n<li>37% of Instagram users have never uploaded a photo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Say what? \u00a0Instagram is a photo-sharing app, yet over a third of users never post any photos? \u00a0So then what are they doing? \u00a0They are watching, and liking, and commenting. \u00a0 Instagram is one of the hottest growing social media tools, and if you are trying to figure out if your business can be successful there, the first step is to get on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram was purchased by Facebook in April 2012 for 1 billion dollars, and there was a good reason for that. \u00a0Facebook saw what was happening. \u00a0Instagram has become one of the most\u00a0dominant forces in the world of social media, and for good reason. \u00a0It&#8217;s simple to use. \u00a0What it does, it does well. \u00a0And it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[380,6],"tags":[381,382,6,186,187],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2847,"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions\/2847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steveholt.com\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}