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title: "TechCrunch: Instagram’s Growth Speeds Up As It Hits 700 Million Users"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0f887371-b53c-43b0-b8eb-d494d7daf89c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-instagrams-growth-speeds-up-as-it-hits-700-million-users-11971
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2017-04-26T15:10:22.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:06:44.148Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/3025153a25dd7847412f46e5082caf158621.jpg
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# TechCrunch: Instagram’s Growth Speeds Up As It Hits 700 Million Users

**TL;DR:** Instagram's user base has doubled to 700 million monthly active users in two years. Instagram Stories has contributed to the increase, reaching 200 million daily active users.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-04-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-instagrams-growth-speeds-up-as-it-hits-700-million-users-11971).*

## Story

In two years, Instagram has doubled its user base to 700 million monthly active users and it’s not showing signs of slowing down.

The social media platform added 100 million users since December, while it took six months to go from 500 to 600 million users.

A spokesman for Instagram told TechCrunch that Instagram Stories has helped grow the app’s user count. Instagram Stories reached 200 million daily active users earlier this month.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Instagram (company)
- social media (topic)
- user growth (topic)
- monthly active users (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-instagrams-growth-speeds-up-as-it-hits-700-million-users-11971). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0f887371-b53c-43b0-b8eb-d494d7daf89c).