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Instagram Hits 3 Billion Users as Meta Reorients the App Around Reels and DMs

Instagram will test a Reels‑centric navigation and topic controls that let users steer recommendations.

Overview

  • Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the milestone of 3 billion monthly active users, up from 2 billion in 2022.
  • Adam Mosseri said recent growth has come primarily from direct messages, Reels, and algorithmic recommendations.
  • Instagram will pilot a feature that lets people add or remove interest topics to influence what appears in Reels, with expansion to other feeds planned.
  • A home‑screen redesign will elevate Reels and messaging in the bottom navigation and move the dedicated post button from the dock to the top of the app.
  • Regional experiments will open the app directly to Reels in India and South Korea, with similar behavior already present in the newly released iPad app.