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Facebook now hosts 4 percent of all photos ever taken: Report

September 22, 2011 By

The power of social media in photography is evident in this post from Silicon Valley Insider: Facebook hosts 140 billion photos, and will add 70 billion this year, according to the blog of photo-sharing site 1000memories. “Putting this in context, 1000memories made the following visualization which shows how big Facebook’s library of photos are in comparison to other photo sharing sites, as well as the Library of Congress.”

Facebook is hosting 4 percent of all photos ever taken, according to 1000memories, based on the sites’ estimate of 3.5 trillion photos have been taken through history.

 

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About Gary Pageau

Gary Pageau began his PMA career in 1987 in the editorial department. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit and corporate relations department. The PMA editorial department activities include the Association’s monthly flagship magazine, PMA Magazine – Connecting the Imaging Communities; numerous monthly newsletters; and a daily news update.