10 Fun Facts You Should Know About Flickr
The first fun fact you should know is that Flickr is the same age as Facebook. While the social network celebrated its 12th anniversary on February 4, the image and video hosting site is celebrating its 12 anniversary today, February 10.
To mark this joyous occasion, Flickr Community Manager Matthew Roth published a heartfelt post on the official Flickr blog. I’m going to mark this occasion by presenting some interesting facts about Flickr. One down, nine more to go.
2. The Flickr Community is 112 million strong
In the spring of 2015, Flickr underwent some changes – the biggest redesign in its history. In announcing that the redesign was met by positive reactions, Jeff Bonforte let the whole world know that Flickr has a more than 112 million users.
3. Flickr is home to over 10 billion images
When you have more than 112 million users spread across 63 countries, you can expect them to upload tons of photos. And they do! There are more than 10 billion images on Flickr. And to help you find the one you want, back in May 2015, Twitter introduced a new unified search experience that is intelligent, intuitive and fast.
4. Flickr offers 1TB of storage for free
You thought that Google giving you an extra 2GB of cloud storage for free on Safer Internet Day was a big deal? Since 2013, Flickr offers 1TB of storage for its users to store all of their photos. And in case you were wondering, 1TB should be enough to store more than half a million photos.
5. Yahoo! did not create Flickr
I’m sure you know that Flickr belongs to Yahoo!. What you may not know is that Yahoo! did not create Flickr. A company called Ludicorp created Flickr in 2004 and sold it to Yahoo! in 2005. This acquisition reportedly cost $22 to $25 million.
6. Flickr’s co-founder wrote an awesome resignation letter
As I was saying, Flickr was created by a company called Ludicorp. It was the brainchild of Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake. After Yahoo! acquired Flickr in 2005, the two stayed, but only until June 2008.
When Butterfield left, he wrote an awesome resignation letter which he sent to Brad Garlinghouse, Senior Vice President at Yahoo! at the time. Click the thumbnail below to read the whole thing.
7. Put a beautiful Flickr image in Chrome’s new tab page
Flickr Tab, an extension for Google’s Chrome web browser, takes over the new tab page and makes it beautiful. The default elements Chrome puts on the new tab page are replaced with a stunning Flickr image.
8. Flickr gives donuts away for free
Back in 2008, Flickr user Jake Rome come up with an interesting idea: to get Flickr to give donuts away. Jake was adamant about getting Flickr to give free donuts away and his demand did not go unnoticed, with the community rallying behind the We Demand Donuts group.
Long story short, Flickr holds an annual Day of the Donut and gives away donuts.
9. Here’s why it’s Flickr and not Flicker
Flickr’s co-founders, Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, explained that the idea for the name came to them while they were talking to a friend. They tried to purchase the Flicker domain, but the owner wouldn’t give it up. So they dropped the E and went with Flickr. Simple, right?
10. Flickr offers physical photos
If you want to turn your photos into a stunning, professional-quality photo book, you can. Flickr introduced Photo Books back in 2013, just in time for the winter holidays.
On top of that, Flickr offers Premium Photo Mounts and Gallery Canvas Wraps.
Visit Flickr.com/create to learn more about turning your Flickr photos into powerful works of art.
To mark this joyous occasion, Flickr Community Manager Matthew Roth published a heartfelt post on the official Flickr blog. I’m going to mark this occasion by presenting some interesting facts about Flickr. One down, nine more to go.
2. The Flickr Community is 112 million strong
In the spring of 2015, Flickr underwent some changes – the biggest redesign in its history. In announcing that the redesign was met by positive reactions, Jeff Bonforte let the whole world know that Flickr has a more than 112 million users.
3. Flickr is home to over 10 billion images
When you have more than 112 million users spread across 63 countries, you can expect them to upload tons of photos. And they do! There are more than 10 billion images on Flickr. And to help you find the one you want, back in May 2015, Twitter introduced a new unified search experience that is intelligent, intuitive and fast.
4. Flickr offers 1TB of storage for free
You thought that Google giving you an extra 2GB of cloud storage for free on Safer Internet Day was a big deal? Since 2013, Flickr offers 1TB of storage for its users to store all of their photos. And in case you were wondering, 1TB should be enough to store more than half a million photos.
5. Yahoo! did not create Flickr
I’m sure you know that Flickr belongs to Yahoo!. What you may not know is that Yahoo! did not create Flickr. A company called Ludicorp created Flickr in 2004 and sold it to Yahoo! in 2005. This acquisition reportedly cost $22 to $25 million.
6. Flickr’s co-founder wrote an awesome resignation letter
As I was saying, Flickr was created by a company called Ludicorp. It was the brainchild of Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake. After Yahoo! acquired Flickr in 2005, the two stayed, but only until June 2008.
When Butterfield left, he wrote an awesome resignation letter which he sent to Brad Garlinghouse, Senior Vice President at Yahoo! at the time. Click the thumbnail below to read the whole thing.
7. Put a beautiful Flickr image in Chrome’s new tab page
Flickr Tab, an extension for Google’s Chrome web browser, takes over the new tab page and makes it beautiful. The default elements Chrome puts on the new tab page are replaced with a stunning Flickr image.
8. Flickr gives donuts away for free
Back in 2008, Flickr user Jake Rome come up with an interesting idea: to get Flickr to give donuts away. Jake was adamant about getting Flickr to give free donuts away and his demand did not go unnoticed, with the community rallying behind the We Demand Donuts group.
Long story short, Flickr holds an annual Day of the Donut and gives away donuts.
9. Here’s why it’s Flickr and not Flicker
Flickr’s co-founders, Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, explained that the idea for the name came to them while they were talking to a friend. They tried to purchase the Flicker domain, but the owner wouldn’t give it up. So they dropped the E and went with Flickr. Simple, right?
10. Flickr offers physical photos
If you want to turn your photos into a stunning, professional-quality photo book, you can. Flickr introduced Photo Books back in 2013, just in time for the winter holidays.
On top of that, Flickr offers Premium Photo Mounts and Gallery Canvas Wraps.
Visit Flickr.com/create to learn more about turning your Flickr photos into powerful works of art.
