Facebook Acquisition Pushes Instagram To No. 1 In App Store Downloads


Facebook Acquisition Pushes Instagram To No. 1 In App Store Downloads

Facebook Acquisition Pushes Instagram To No. 1 In App Store DownloadsInstagram this week was purchased by Facebook for an astounding $1 billion and following the announcement of the buyout the Instagram App has become the number one downloaded mobile application inside the iOS App Store, marking the first time that that 30 million strong platform has risen to the top of Apple’s free-app catalog.
Instagram announced the milestone in a tweet. The downloads are well deserved as the program currently has a solid five-star rating that has been achieved with the help of 74,833 individual reviews which makes the program one of the most liked among users.
When the acquisition of Instagram was announced on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbergs personal Facebook page there was skepticism from many people who thought Facebook who destroy the platform, yet the social networks reach to nearly 1 billion users seems to have had the opposite effect as millions of more people flock to the photo sharing service.
In response to the download new users appear to love Instagram, tweeting “too good” and “I use it every day!” 

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