Instagram vs Instagram
Instagram, Inc.
App Store
$243.79M/mo
~$2.93B/yr · 1.6B installs
VS
Instagram
Google Play
$37.46M/mo
~$449.47M/yr · 7.5B installs
Revenue winner
Instagram wins
+551% vs other
Installs winner
Instagram wins
+367% vs other
MAU winner
Instagram wins
+170% vs other
Rating winner
Instagram wins
+17% vs other
Why Instagram is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Instagram earns roughly 7× more per month than Instagram - $243.79M vs $37.46M.
- Premium pricing. Instagram charges $14.99/mo vs Instagram's $1.38/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- Better app store reviews. Instagram sits at 4.69★ vs 4.02★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Instagram
vs
Instagram
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$243.79M
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$37.46M
Annual revenue (est.)
$2.93B
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$449.47M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.6B
▶
7.5B
Monthly active users (est.)?
504.0M
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186.3M
App Store rating
4.69★
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4.02★
Total ratings
29.0M
▶
167.6M
US grossing rank
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=
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Cheapest monthly sub
$14.99
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$1.38
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 6, 2010
- Last updated
- May 5, 2026
- File size
- 546.4 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 428.2.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +25 more
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Apr 3, 2012
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Instagram trajectory
Instagram trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Instagram or Instagram? v
Instagram earns about $243.79M per month, while Instagram earns about $37.46M. That is a 6.5× revenue gap (~$206.34M more per month for Instagram). Annual revenue: Instagram ≈ $2.93B/year, Instagram ≈ $449.47M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Instagram or Instagram? v
Instagram leads with about 7.5B estimated downloads vs 1.6B for Instagram - a 4.7× gap. Instagram's App Store downloads are estimated from 29.0M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Instagram reports 5,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Instagram and Instagram in the same App Store category on each store and competing for the same money? v
No - Instagram is in Photo & Video and Instagram is in Social. They share screen-time attention but earn money in different niches: Instagram from photo & video monetization patterns, Instagram from social.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Instagram and Instagram offer? v
Instagram: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Instagram: IAP range $0.19 - $10,000.00 per item. Instagram runs a "Subscription (~$14.99/mo)" monetization model; Instagram runs "Subscription (~$1.38/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Instagram or Instagram? v
Instagram edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Instagram 29.0M ratings, Instagram 4.6M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Instagram vs Instagram revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $243.79M for Instagram and $37.46M for Instagram are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Photo & Video / Social) - 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 Instagram or Instagram to a different App Store app? v
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