Selfie Statistics

Everyone know that selfies have become HUGE! So big in fact that Lava has launched the Iris X5 that is specifically designed for selfies thanks to its awesome front facing 5 mp camera with flash. However, to truly appreciate how prevalent selfies have become. You need to take a gander at some statistics that are sure to blow your mind.

1 Million selfies are taken daily: That means that about 694 selfies are taken every minute in the world.

48% of all selfies taken by people end up on Facebook: That’s nearly half of all selfies taken. That goes to show that Facebook is still king of social media.

The city of Makati in the Philippines takes the most number of selfies: The city takes the most number selfies on Instagram. In fact, the country is mulling an Anti-Selfie Bill.

77% of college going females have taken selfies as compared to 50% of males: This statistic actually makes a lot of sense.

Kylie Jenner is the celebrity with the most number of selfies: The reality star has nearly 500 selfies on Instagram and this number keeps growing.

33% of selfies takers admitted removing blemishes by editing: That just goes to show that you shouldn’t believe everything you see on social media.

Most popular selfies are taken during a vacation: Another example of how human beings just love to show off.

The Oscar selfie was re-tweeted approximately 3.3 million times: In India, a Bollywood selfie taken by Shahid Kapoor at IIFA 2014 powered by LAVA got about a 1000 re-tweets.

The Kevin Spacey Effect: Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was common between both the sefies.