Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has taken the app world by storm and made every man and his dog an expert photographer.

Recently bought by Facebook for £1 Billion, it now produces not only live photo streams but 15 second video content too.

Here are some fast facts about the app:

• Instagram has 130 million users a month.
• A total of 16 billion photos have been shared.
• Instagram’s content amasses 1 billion likes a day.
• Over 45 million photos are uploaded daily.
• 50% of its users are outside the US.
• The Android version received over 430.000 pre-registrations and when it was finally released on 3 April 2012, and was downloaded over a million times in less than 12 hours.
• Approximately 58 photographs are being uploaded each second.
• Instagram gains one new user every second.

There’s no denying its mass popularity, a vehicle for escapism and as A.A. Gill concisely put it, the modern day version of a “wish you were here” postcard. Instagram represents everything our society wants: fast, bite-sized, stimulating content.

The question is: how much of an ‘Instagram junkie’ are you?

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