{"id":10848,"date":"2019-02-21T17:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T13:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=10848"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T13:50:06","slug":"national-geographic-community-propels-natgeo-instagram-account-to-record-breaking-100-million-followers-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/national-geographic-community-propels-natgeo-instagram-account-to-record-breaking-100-million-followers-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic Community Propels @NatGeo Instagram Account To Record-Breaking 100 Million Followers Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Geographic&#8217;s global\u00a0Instagram account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/natgeo\">@NatGeo<\/a>, has\u00a0surpassed 100 million followers on the photo and video-sharing social platform. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/natgeo\">@NatGeo<\/a>, whose creative control is largely in the hands of a number of National Geographic&#8217;s contributing photographers, shares the rare and incredible sights they\u00a0encounter on a daily basis and\u00a0has been delighting audiences with the work of these amazing photographers\u00a0for years.\u00a0The stunning images\u00a0that come through the feed every day, paired with captions from the photographers&#8217; words, bring an authenticity to the account that has proven to resonate with the community.\u00a0This week&#8217;s milestone celebrates the special\u00a0community between the tremendously talented photographers and the passionate fans who love their work, as\u00a0well as National Geographic&#8217;s legacy of visual storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through Instagram and other social media channels, we are finding new ways to blaze trails in visual storytelling. We are extending the storytelling into local languages where our community across the region can find local stories told by local photographers on @NatgeoAbuDhabi for example,\u201d said Sanjay Raina, General Manager and Senior Vice President, FOX Networks Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDriven by our passionate fans across the world and the Middle East, we are showcasing our world through breathtaking\u00a0images and videos that inspire people to care about the planet. We are proud that 100 million people around the world want National Geographic at their fingertips,&#8221; added Raina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lilacina\/\">Lila King<\/a>,\u00a0Head of News Partnerships at Instagram,\u00a0\u201cNational Geographic set the bar long ago for visual storytelling that brings the world closer together. On Instagram, they\u2019ve brought that vision to a whole new generation, and a global community. We\u2019re thrilled to congratulate them on achieving such a remarkable milestone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/R.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Geographic&#8217;s global\u00a0Instagram account, @NatGeo, has\u00a0surpassed 100 million followers on the photo and video-sharing social platform. @NatGeo, whose creative control is largely in the hands of a number of National Geographic&#8217;s contributing photographers, shares the rare and incredible sights they\u00a0encounter on a daily basis and\u00a0has been delighting audiences with the work of these amazing photographers\u00a0for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10850,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10848\/revisions\/10850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}