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# Millions More People Are Using Instagram Stories Than Snapchat
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/millions-more-people-are-using-instagram-stories-than-instagram/
- Published: 2017-04-14T14:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-04-14T14:05:00.000Z
- Description: [UPDATED] Facebook has shared that 200 million people are now using Instagram's Stories feature – Snapchat-like disappearing photo and video collections – which launched in August . That’s up from. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/04/millions-more-people-are-using-instagram-sto
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, DIY Advice & Tips, Music Marketing, Social Media, April Fools' Day, Augmented reality, Chronology, Facebook, Initial public offering, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, Snap, Snapchat, WhatsApp, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![image from www.chalenejohnson.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb09909ca2970d-200wi "image from www.chalenejohnson.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb09909ca2970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)\[UPDATED\] Facebook has shared that 200 million people are now using Instagram's Stories feature – Snapchat-like disappearing photo and video collections – which launched in August . That’s up from 150 million in January. [![SNAPCHAT](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8ed83b9970b-200wi "SNAPCHAT")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8ed83b9970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)In addition to the impressive growth, the big story here is that more people are using Stories on Instagram in its first 9 months than use Snapchat altogether, which has 158 million daily users.Snapchat user data is a few months old, but the company admitted to slowing growth during its IPO. We should get new data when the startup reports to investors early next month.

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