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10 Surprising Facts About Snapchat

Everyone seems to have Snapchat right now, but aside from the cool filters and instant messenger features, what else is interesting about this app?

Check out the top ten facts about Snapchat below!

Drinks are a popular feature.

According to recent statistics, a staggering 93% of Snapchat Users have sent a picture of their drink to someone else!

Over 60% have sent photos of people they don’t know.

It’s been beaten only by Facebook.

Snapchat has become so popular now that Facebook is the only competitor that can beat it.

Snapchat regularly ranks at number 2, right behind our favorite social networking app.

Best friends or no best friends?

Snapchat users went a bit crazy when the ‘Best Friends’ feature was removed in 2015.

Before this update, users could see other users’ best friends. 64% of people still want the ‘best friends’ list back.

If at first, you don’t succeed, try again!

The founders, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown Poster, and Bobby Murphy, tried 34 projects before coming up with the idea for Snapchat.

Their idea was criticized, but they did not listen to it is a good job!

Its original name was Picaboo.

When it first started in 2011, it was named Picaboo, but in 2012, it was renamed Snapchat.

There are more than 7 billion pictures and videos per day.

As of 2016, there are more than 7 billion photos and videos that Snapchat users view every day.

This amount has increased by 2 billion since May 2015.

Filters are one of the most popular features.

In 2015, Snapchat introduced a variety of filters that users could add to their photos and videos.

This is believed to have contributed to the popularity of the app.

Women like it more than men do.

70% of Snapchat users are female, leaving only 30% of the male population.

As of 2014, more than half of users are between the ages of 13 and 17

Evan Spiegel and Taylor Swift?

Between 2014 and 2015, co-founder Evan Spiegel reportedly had a romance with pop singer Taylor Swift.

She still wrote a song about her though?!

Facebook really wants Snapchat…

Mark Zuckerberg initially offered Snapchat a billion dollars, but when he declined, he came back with a $3 billion offer.

Rejected again, he returned the next day, promising a $4 billion check. His proposal was not accepted.



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