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Facebook’s billion-dollar Instagram acquisition is looking better and better.<\/p>\n

Instagram announced Wednesday that it now has more than 300 million monthly active users, up from 200 million in March.<\/p>\n

At that level, Instagram likely has about as many or more users than Twitter, which announcedin October that it had 284 million active users in the third quarter. Either way, what’s clear is that Instagram’s user growth is far outpacing that of Twitter.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re thrilled to watch this community thrive and witness the amazing connections people make over shared passions and journeys,” Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s cofounder and CEO, said in a blog post.<\/p>\n

In addition to the user numbers, Instagram announced that it will be introducing “verified badges” for celebrities and brands. It is also in the process of cutting down on “spammy” accounts.<\/p>\n

The app is still in the process of monetizing its audience, having introduced ads in November 2013 and rolling out video ads in October 2014.<\/p>\n

Facebook agreed to acquire Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, an amount that shocked people at the time, but now sounds comparatively cheap.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s no way you could figure out how much we\u2019re worth independently because so much of our growth and our success is because of our very tight-knit relationship with Facebook,” Systrom told The Wall Street Journal<\/em> on Wednesday in response to a question about what Instagram would be worth today. “As an independent company, it would have taken a lot longer to get to this point.”<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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