This statistic gives information on the daily number of photo messages created by Snapchat users. As of the third quarter of 2017, users of the mobile photo messaging app were sending over 3.5 billion snaps each day, up from 2.5 billion daily snaps in the third quarter of 2016.
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Number of photo messages created by Snapchat users every day from 3rd quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2017
(in billions)
Characteristic
Number of snaps in billions
Q3 '17
3.5
Q1 '17
3
Q3 '16
2.5
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of snaps in billions2.52.5333.53.5Q3 '16Q1 '17Q3 '17
00.511.522.533.54
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Snap Inc.. (February 7, 2018). Number of photo messages created by Snapchat users every day from 3rd quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2017 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257128/number-of-photo-messages-sent-by-snapchat-users-every-day/
Snap Inc.. "Number of photo messages created by Snapchat users every day from 3rd quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2017 (in billions)." Chart. February 7, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257128/number-of-photo-messages-sent-by-snapchat-users-every-day/
Snap Inc.. (2018). Number of photo messages created by Snapchat users every day from 3rd quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2017 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257128/number-of-photo-messages-sent-by-snapchat-users-every-day/
Snap Inc.. "Number of Photo Messages Created by Snapchat Users Every Day from 3rd Quarter 2016 to 3rd Quarter 2017 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257128/number-of-photo-messages-sent-by-snapchat-users-every-day/
Snap Inc., Number of photo messages created by Snapchat users every day from 3rd quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2017 (in billions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257128/number-of-photo-messages-sent-by-snapchat-users-every-day/ (last visited July 07, 2025)
Number of photo messages created by Snapchat users every day from 3rd quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2017 (in billions) [Graph], Snap Inc., February 7, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257128/number-of-photo-messages-sent-by-snapchat-users-every-day/
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