How Instagram spots a trend<article>
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<p>With a user base of over 300 million people, who collectively post 70 million new photographs and short videos a day, Instagram provides a timely view of events around the world that people are interested in. But how does the service spot emerging trends while they are still on the rise?</p><p>Two of the company’s engineers, Danilo Resende and Udi Weinsberg, have
posted a blog item that reveals some of the company’s secrets in spotting emerging trends.</p><p>The details of the company’s algorithms might be of interest to other Internet-facing services also looking to harness the collective interest of the masses to produce more timely content. It also provides more light on how Instagram, and presumably other social networking sites, determine what is a trend.
Like Twitter, Instagram generates its trending topics automatically.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2944012/how-instagram-spots-a-trend.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How Instagram spots a trend
