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The Pew Research Internet Project has released some new data which shows that Instagram was the fastest growing major social network, particularly among adults, in the U.S. last year. Instagram’s growth rate was found to be greater than its competition which brought its total userbase to cover 26 percent of the adult population in the country.

Data showed that there was a nine percent increase over 2013 in the segment of U.S. adults that use this popular photo-sharing social network, which so happens to be owned by the world’s largest social network, Facebook. The report showed that there wasn’t much change in Facebook’s position. It retained its position as the number one social network among U.S. adults with 71 percent having a Facebook presence.

The rise in Instagram’s popularity was also noticed among young adults who are aged between 18-29 years. According to the Pew Research Internet Project as of 2014 over 53 percent of young adults in the U.S. are on Instagram.

The report doesn’t include teenage users who happen to have a big presence on Instagram and it contains no data on Snapchat which has a predominantly teenage and young adult userbase. It also doesn’t consider users outside the U.S.

It goes without saying though that Instagram is on the rise. Last month Instagram announced that it had 300 million active users, registering a 50 percent increase from just nine months back, an impressive feat to say the least.

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