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Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

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Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

#21
No wonder. Anecdotal of course, but I see my friends spending more time on instagram and people on the train or bus browsing instagram. I don't remember seeing FB on someone's mobile in the last 6 months.

It will only grow bigger and at some point when it becomes too big, you see less friends posts and more advts and people move on to something else. But for next 2 years, Instagram's going to be Yuuuge.(Huge)

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

#22

I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I can’t even imagine how much time millenials spend on it.

umm. millenials are adults too now.

O/T, but the millennials are born between 1980 to 1990/1992. The generation after are post-millenials, for lack of a better word.

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

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but why?

Because people use it? There's 1 billion monthly active accounts. And can be advertised to.

Is every user really worth $100 though? How many adverts would I need to click or watch to make up that number?

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

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Hell of an acquisition by Zuckerberg

I can remember how everybody was laughing about the acquisition: "Waaat? Billions for a chat app? hahaha" It's amazing how things are turning out.

Well, I think FB has probably lost 100B in value, and as someone who stopped using FB this year because I dont enjoy it anymore-

I moved to instagram and twitter.

Mind you, 100B for an app that is filled with bots and corporate accounts makes me think whoever did the valuation has never actually used IG.

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

#26

Too bad that "worth" doesn't come from anything. Oh no wait. User data. I can't wait for that to become an illegal trade.

You do realize that Instagram has ads that companies pay money for right? That's where they make their money, when companies purchase ads on Instagram.

I think TheRealPomex' point was that the companies pay money for those ads because facebook has the user data to ensure the ads are appropriately targeted.

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

#27

Too bad that "worth" doesn't come from anything. Oh no wait. User data. I can't wait for that to become an illegal trade.

To be fair, most of this user data is just bots like/follow/unfollowing.

I like IG, but I dont feel like there are more than a few real people using it.

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

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Hell of an acquisition by Zuckerberg

I can remember how everybody was laughing about the acquisition: "Waaat? Billions for a chat app? hahaha" It's amazing how things are turning out.

That was WhatsApp. Instagram has always been photos.

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#29

I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I can’t even imagine how much time millenials spend on it.

> I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I can’t even imagine how much time millenials spend on it.

Millenials are now all adults. :) A good chunk of the millennial generation is now in the child-having and house-buying (well, maybe not the later, too many avocados) stage of life!

Re: Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More Than $100B

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because people use it? There's 1 billion monthly active accounts. And can be advertised to.

Is every user really worth $100 though? How many adverts would I need to click or watch to make up that number?

I mean, over the course of how much time? Also consider the worth of a company is not only based on revenue but assets and growth trajectory.
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