This Is Most Popular US Attraction on Instagram

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Oct 6, 10:41AM EDT · Published Oct 6, 9:30AM EDT

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Instagram, the photo and video sharing app, was launched in 2010. In 2012, Facebook bought it for $1 billion. It is now part of the Facebook empire, which has such a large presence in social media that some members of Congress want it regulated. It is also a tremendous promotion vehicle for celebrities and athletes. Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo has over 330 million followers.

While Instagram can drive traffic to athletes, it also can act to promote destinations. In the age of social media, this can be critical to sales. To determine the most popular U.S. attraction on Instagram, 24/7 Tempo reviewed analysis by global luggage storage network, Stasher. Stasher’s list of attractions included 99 global tourist hot spots selected based on 200 Instagram posts on each attraction’s hashtag. Engagement rates were determined by the number of likes. For the purposes of its list, 24/7 Tempo selected only the attractions located in the United States.

Instagram users love to check in at theme parks. Seven of the 21 top U.S. attractions are amusement parks, and these are dominated by those that are Disney-owned.

Though theme parks steal the show on the social media apps, New York City steals the show when it comes to hosting popular destinations.
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Some destinations are hard to capture in a way that makes them “instagrammable,” at least according to some people. That doesn’t mean they are less worthy of visiting

Central Park is the most popular U.S. attraction on Instagram. Located in the center of Manhattan, the urban park was completed in 1876. Here are the details:

Instagram engagement index: 5.90 out of 10
Overall Instagram popularity rank: 4 out of 99

Click here to read about all the most popular U.S. attractions on Instagram.
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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.