Flickr vs Instagram
Flickr
Flickr, Inc.
App Store
$110.6K/mo
~$1.33M/yr · 1.6M installs
VS
Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$12.28M/mo
~$147.35M/yr · 1.6B installs
Revenue winner
Instagram wins
+11006% vs other
Installs winner
Instagram wins
+99965% vs other
MAU winner
Instagram wins
+5032% vs other
Rating winner
Instagram wins
+4% vs other
Why Instagram is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Instagram earns roughly 111× more per month than Flickr - $12.28M vs $110.6K.
- Premium pricing. Instagram charges $14.99/mo vs Flickr's $11.00/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Bigger install base. Instagram has ~1.6B lifetime installs vs Flickr's ~1.6M - 1000.7× the funnel top.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Flickr
vs
Instagram
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$110.6K
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$12.28M
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.33M
▶
$147.35M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6M
▶
1.6B
Monthly active users (est.)?
501K
▶
25.7M
App Store rating
4.53★
▶
4.69★
Total ratings
15K
▶
29.2M
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$11.00
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$14.99
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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2 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Sep 8, 2009
- Last updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- File size
- 112.0 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 4.17.66
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean +4 more
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 6, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 560.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 435.1.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
Flickr trajectory
Instagram trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Flickr or Instagram? v
Instagram earns about $12.28M per month, while Flickr earns about $110.6K. That is a 111.1× revenue gap (~$12.17M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Flickr ≈ $1.33M/year, Instagram ≈ $147.35M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Flickr or Instagram? v
Instagram leads with about 1.6B estimated downloads vs 1.6M for Flickr - a 1000.7× gap. Flickr's App Store downloads are estimated from 15K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.2M ratings.
Are Flickr and Instagram in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Photo & Video category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Flickr and Instagram offer? v
Flickr: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Flickr runs a "Subscription (~$6.83/mo)" monetization model; Instagram runs "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Flickr or Instagram? v
Instagram edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.5 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Flickr 15K ratings, Instagram 29.2M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Flickr vs Instagram revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $110.6K for Flickr and $12.28M for Instagram are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Flickr or Instagram to a different App Store app? v
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