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# Why You Need To Be On Instagram,  Even If It Means Spending Less Time On Twitter
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-chart-shows-why-you-need-to-use-instagram-even-if-it-means-less-time-on-twitter/
- Published: 2015-09-25T10:04:59.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-25T10:04:59.000Z
- Description: If you are marketing music and not consistently interacting on Instagram, you are missing a huge opportunity. The picture based social network passed 400 million users this week with growth. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/09/this-chart-shows-why-you-need-to-use-instagram-eve
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Marketing, Social Media, album, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, Pinterest, Social networking service, tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from www.hypebot.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d15d8313970c-150wi "image from www.hypebot.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d15d8313970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)If you are marketing music and not consistently interacting on **Instagram**, you are missing a **huge opportunity**. The picture based social network **[passed 400 million users](https://www.hypebot.com/instagram-now-has-400-million-users/)** this week with growth so meteoric that it's **leaving Twitter in the dust**. 

And one of the best things about Instagram is that it makes it easy to post your snapshots to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr simultaneously.

This chart shows just how fast Instagram is growing and Twitter is not.

[![Instagram_bi](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7d3ac67970b-450wi "Instagram_bi")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7d3ac67970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

From Statista via [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-is-leaving-twitter-in-the-dust-2015-9?ref=hypebot.com)

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