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Title: Snapchat what? Instagram Stories racks up 100 million daily viewers
Post by: HCK on October 09, 2016, 04:05:13 pm
Snapchat what? Instagram Stories racks up 100 million daily viewers

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<p>Instagram arrived late to the ephemeral messaging trend—so late that it almost missed the boat entirely—but the photo-sharing network is seeing success.</p><p>On Thursday, Instagram revealed that its Stories feature gets 100 million daily viewers (https://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/instagram-interview?utm_term=.kik61Nlqx#.ywDXkM5mv), about one-fifth of Instagram’s 500 million monthly active users. Instagram, which just turned six years old, debuted Stories in August (http://www.macworld.com/article/3102895/social-media/instagram-stories-is-facebooks-most-obvious-shot-at-snapchat.html) to let its users share video clips and photos that disappear after 24 hours. You can also decorate your images with text, drawings, and emoji. Sound familiar? It’s a near clone of Snapchat Stories (down to the name), and Instagram owns up to the similarity.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3128392/iphone-ipad/instagram-has-100-million-people-watching-its-live-stories-every-day.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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