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Here are the most interesting Snapchat statistics and facts available including number of users, demographics, revenue totals and more. I hope you find this helpful and informative.

Snapchat has certainly enjoyed a relatively fast rise to prominence in the digital world. It was launched in 2011 by former Stanford University students Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown as an iOS app originally named Picaboo, but later changed to Snapchat. The premise of the app was always simple- users can take a selfie and make it available for a limited time to the other users they share it with.

Fast forward a few years and what started out as a somewhat obscure mobile network, has gone mainstream in a big way quickly hitting the radar of some of the largest digital firms out there including Facebook, who reportedly offered $3 billion in late 2013, and eventually becoming a publicly traded company called Snap Inc.

Snapchat now stands as a real player in the digital space with well over a hundred million active users, a growing advertising platform and a number of side ventures including producing wearables.

So how far have they come?

Snapchat Facts

Snapchat website: www.snapchat.com
Snap Headquarters: Pacific Palisades, CA
Snapchat App: iOS | Android
Snapchat Release Date: September 2011
Snapchat Founders: Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown
What is Snapchat?
- Experience a unique way to share life with friends. Snap a photo or a video, add a caption, and send it to a friend (or maybe a few). They’ll view it, laugh, and then the snap disappears from the screen – unless your friend takes a screenshot! The image might be a little grainy, and you may not look your best, but that’s the point. It’s about the moment, a connection between friends, and not just a pretty picture.

What are Snapchat Stories?
- A Story is a collection of Snaps that play in the order they were taken. You and your friends’ Stories cover the last 24 hours, so you can see the day unfold. (source)
What is a Snapchat Trophy?
- Trophies help mark special achievements you’ve earned by using Snapchat in special ways. You can earn them by earning a certain Score, using certain Filters, sending creative Snaps, and more! (source)

Snapchat History

2011 – Snapchat launches
2012 – Snapchat launches on Android; video sharing launches
2013 – Snapchat Stories launch
2014 – Text chat and video calling features are added; advertising features launch
2015 – Discover launches
2016 – Snapchat acquires Bitstrips; stickers are added; Memories launches; Company name is changed to Snap Inc;
2017 – Snapchat goes public; Snap Map launches