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title: "TechCrunch: There are now 25M active business profiles on Instagram"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d67d8481-2cc3-4372-a19f-78053bc7814e
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-there-are-now-25m-active-business-profiles-on-instagram-2704913
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2017-11-30T13:08:51.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:09:23.385Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ce7eef71dde6bd434718018272eb952f8313.jpg
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# TechCrunch: There are now 25M active business profiles on Instagram

**TL;DR:** Instagram has reached 25 million active business profiles, with 80% of users following at least one of these profiles. The growth of business profiles on the platform raises questions about competition and visibility.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-11-30. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-there-are-now-25m-active-business-profiles-on-instagram-2704913).*

## Story

Since July, Instagram has gained 10 million business profiles on its platform. According to a recent article in TechCrunch, the brand has just reached 25 million business accounts. This type of profile was introduced a year and a half ago and has grown exponentially since the release.

According to the article, 80 percent of all Instagram users follow at least one of these profiles. Nearly half of these businesses live on Instagram without a website component, which shows the value of the platform to their companies.

The growth of business profiles raises questions of whether the growth of this content will make it harder to reach users. More content means more competition to be seen on a news feed.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Instagram (company)
- social media (topic)
- competition (topic)
- business profiles (topic)
- visibility (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/techcrunch-there-are-now-25m-active-business-profiles-on-instagram-2704913). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d67d8481-2cc3-4372-a19f-78053bc7814e).