This statistic presents the distribution of posts on Instagram as of September 2018, sorted by type. According to the source, 16.7 percent of posts on Instagram were video posts. Image posts accounted for the majority of content on the social network.
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This statistic presents the distribution of posts on Instagram as of September 2018, sorted by type. According to the source, 16.7 percent of posts on Instagram were video posts. Image posts accounted for the majority of content on the social network.
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This statistic presents the distribution of posts on Instagram as of September 2018, sorted by type. According to the source, 16.7 percent of posts on Instagram were video posts. Image posts accounted for the majority of content on the social network.
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- November 2018
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- January 1 to September 31, 2018
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- data is based on 44,400 profiles and more than 8.9 million posts
- Supplementary notes
- Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- January 1 to September 31, 2018
- Special properties
- data is based on 44,400 profiles and more than 8.9 million posts
- Supplementary notes
- Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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