Election Day set all kinds of new social media records on Facebook and Twitter -- but it turns out it was a pretty big night for Instagram, too.
Immediately following Barack Obama's victory, Instagram uploads spiked to 2.1 times their normal rate, according to Instagram's blog post.
"People from around the United States tagged more than 100,000 photos with #IVoted, and 150,000 photos with #election2012, allowing folks to share their own -- and tune into others’ -- election night experience in real-time," reads the post.
Several news outlets smartly predicted Instagram would be popular on Election Day, tapping into its photo stream to enhance their own coverage. NBC News, for example, built Electiongrams, a virtual map of the U.S. designed to automatically populate with Election Day Instagrams.
Election Day wasn't smooth sailing for all Instagram users, though: Several people across the United States were asked to put their phone away while voting or else risk breaking state law.
Did you use Instagram to share Election Day images? Put your favorites in the comments below.
Image Credit: Instagram, BarackObama
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