OpinionMeta says Instagram has 3 billion users. But who counts?:
That's 37 percent of Earth's population.
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Meta reports three billion monthly active Instagram usersMeta has not explained its counting method, although the reported figure equals nearly 37 percent of Earth's population.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: mashable.com
- Mark Zuckerberg announced more than three billion monthly active Instagram users on September 24, 2025.
- In 2022 he cited two billion monthly users; in July, Meta reported 3.48 billion daily users across its app family.
- Meta has so far not explained its precise method for counting monthly active users.
- Several online data services estimate daily Instagram use at 32 minutes, compared with 56 minutes for TikTok.
billions, with a b— From a Meta Threads post by Mark Zuckerberg describing Instagram's user count
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