{"id":9815,"date":"2017-11-02T01:34:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T01:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/instagram-stories-and-whatsapp-status-hit-300m-users-nearly-2x-snapchat.html"},"modified":"2017-11-02T01:34:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T01:34:37","slug":"instagram-stories-and-whatsapp-status-hit-300m-users-nearly-2x-snapchat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/instagram-stories-and-whatsapp-status-hit-300m-users-nearly-2x-snapchat.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status hit 300M users, nearly 2X Snapchat"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Instagram and WhatsApp\u2019s Snapchat clones aren\u2019t slowing down. Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status both now have 300 million daily active users. That\u2019s up from 250 million for Instagram in June<\/a>, and WhatsApp in July<\/a>. That makes the copies almost twice the size of the original, as Snapchat\u2019s entire app only has 173 million daily active users<\/a>. Zuckerberg shared the new stats today on Facebook\u2019s Q3 earnings call that saw it earn record revenue and an all-time high share price despite the shadow of Russian election interference.<\/p>\n

Now that most of Facebook products, including Instagram Stories, Facebook Stories and Messenger Day, have their own augmented reality face filters, they\u2019ve hit a degree of feature parity with Snapchat. That means we may see more innovation now that there\u2019s less of a Snap roadmap to follow. Though perhaps we\u2019ll see Facebook copy Snapchat\u2019s Bitmoji<\/a> personalized avatars and Snap Map location-sharing feature<\/a>. For example, Instagram just launched Superzoom to let you add dramatic zoom-ins to your videos, and is testing a Stop Motion feature.<\/p>\n

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Instagram Stories<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg said on the call that he sees fostering community around video as a big push for Facebook as it shifts from focusing on \u201ctime spent\u201d on the company\u2019s family of apps to \u201ctime well spent.\u201d Zuckerberg explained that \u201cresearch shows that interacting with friends and family on social media tends to be more meaningful and can be good for our well-being, and that\u2019s time well spent. But when we just passively consume content, that may be less true.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WhatsApp Status<\/p>\n

Because Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status are peer-to-peer video usually viewed by close friends, they enhance the community feel of Facebook\u2019s apps in ways that top-down professionally produced content can\u2019t. People also watch these short clips intensely, which could be a boon for the advertisements Facebook now inserts between Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n

Now more than half of Instagram\u2019s 500 million daily active users are on Stories, indicating that it\u2019s becoming the future of the app. That idea is supported by the fact that Instagram now injects big preview tiles of Stories into the middle of its feed to encourage you to watch them. While people might like to permanently post the occasional glamour shot, or quickly scroll them, Stories drive daily creation and longer bouts of consumption. While Snapchat may have pioneered the idea, Instagram is pushing to perfect this modern form of social media.<\/p>\n

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Featured Image: Bryce Durbin\/TechCrunch<\/small><\/p>\n

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