Photo-sharing service Instagram announced Friday that Thanksgiving was its busiest day yet, with users sharing their family meals at such a rapid clip that more than 10 million photos related to Turkey Day were posted.
Pictures were uploaded at such a furious pace that Instagram surpassed 200 photos a second for a period of several hours in the middle of the day on the West Coast.
Instagram, which was purchased by Facebook for $1 billion, previously said that Hurricane Sandy was its busiest photo-sharing event. “Sandy was the single largest event captured on Instagram – and the largest event captured on cellphones ever,” CEO and co-founder Kevin Systrom said.
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