This statistic shows the most expensive photo-sharing startup acquisitions from 1999 to 2012. On April 9, 2012, Facebook announced its impending acquisition of Instagram, a free photo-sharing app, for approximately * billion U.S. dollars in cash and stock, making it the most expensive exit of a photo-sharing website ever. The second-most expensive photo-website sale was News Corp's 2007 purchase of Photobucket.
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Business Insider. (April 9, 2012). Most expensive acquisition prices for photo-sharing websites from 1999 to 2012 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/222237/most-expensive-acquisition-prices-for-photo-sharing-websites/
Business Insider. "Most expensive acquisition prices for photo-sharing websites from 1999 to 2012 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 9, 2012. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/222237/most-expensive-acquisition-prices-for-photo-sharing-websites/
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Most expensive acquisition prices for photo-sharing websites from 1999 to 2012 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Business Insider, April 9, 2012. [Online]. Available: /statistics/222237/most-expensive-acquisition-prices-for-photo-sharing-websites/
