Instagram said today it now has more than one billion active users, highlighting surging growth at the Facebook-owned social network focused on photo and video sharing.
The announcement came at an event hosted by Instagram chief Kevin Systrom announcing a new feature enabling users to share long-form videos up to one hour long.
"We have now a community of one billion users," Systrom told the event in San Francisco.
Instagram becomes the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the WhatsApp and Messenger services.
"Since our launch in 2010, we've watched with amazement as the community has flourished and grown," Systrom said in a blog post.
"This is a major accomplishment."
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