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===Social networks=== With the emergence of [[Social networking service|social networks]], image sharing has now become a common online activity. For example, in Great Britain, 70% of online users engaged in image sharing in 2013; 64% of British users shared their photos through a social network. Facebook stated in 2015 that there were approximately two billion images uploaded to its service daily. In terms of image sharing, Facebook is the largest social networking service.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Malik|first1=Aqdas|last2=Dhir|first2=Amandeep|last3=Nieminen|first3=Marko|date=2016-02-01|title=Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook|journal=Telematics and Informatics|volume=33|issue=1|pages=129β138|doi=10.1016/j.tele.2015.06.009|s2cid=550229 |url=https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/27330}}</ref> On Facebook, people can upload and share their photo albums individually, and collaboratively with shared albums. This feature allows multiple users to upload pictures to the same album, and the album's creator has the ability to add or delete contributors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.informationweek.com/applications/facebook-expands-shared-photo-albums/d/d-id/1111310?|title=Facebook Expands Shared Photo Albums|last=Burnham|first=Kristin|date=2013-08-27|newspaper=InformationWeek|access-date=2016-10-22}}</ref> [[Twitter]] collaborated with [[Photobucket]] in developing a new photo sharing service so users can attach a picture to a tweet without depending on another application such as TwitPic or Yfrog.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/twitter-tweaks-tabs-adds-photo-sharing/280225931|title=Twitter Tweaks Tabs, Adds Photo Sharing|last=Strohmeyer|first=Robert|date=2011-08-11|newspaper=Network Computing|access-date=2016-10-22|archive-date=2016-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024091504/http://www.networkcomputing.com/networking/twitter-tweaks-tabs-adds-photo-sharing/280225931|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of June 2016, there were more than 500 million monthly active Instagram users.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/253577/number-of-monthly-active-instagram-users/|title=Number of monthly active Instagram users from January 2013 to June 2016 (in millions)|date=2016|website=Statista|access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref>
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