{"id":11131,"date":"2015-12-09T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11131"},"modified":"2015-12-09T17:58:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:58:35","slug":"yellowstone-holds-wyomings-top-spot-among-instagram-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11131","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone ranks as Wyoming&#8217;s top spot among Instagram users"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11139\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11139\" alt=\"Visitors watch Old Faithful geyser erupt in Yellowstone National Park.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-771x319.jpg\" width=\"771\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-771x319.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-336x139.jpg 336w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-768x318.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-1536x636.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-1200x497.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-1024x424.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-1568x649.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k-400x166.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20103989491_df50d3e28c_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors watch Old Faithful geyser erupt in Yellowstone National Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CODY, WYO. \u2014 Yellowstone National Park is always among the perennial favorite tourist destinations in Wyoming, so it should come as no surprise that it&#8217;s the most popular location in the state among Instagram users.<\/p>\n<p>The photo-sharing social network released its 2015 location data to Time magazine, which this week listed Yellowstone as the top Wyoming destination in a <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/2015-most-popular-us-landmarks-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\">state-by-state roundup of &#8220;the most Instagrammed places in America<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/09\/22\/instagram-hits-400m-users-just-nine-months-after-announcing-300m\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than 400 million accounts<\/a>, Instagram is a leading social media platform that lets users edit and share smartphone photos with friends and followers. The app uses GPS location data passed along by smartphones to &#8220;geo-tag&#8221; each image, allowing it to set coordinates for photos posted by its users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/37hzL5J4A-\/\" target=\"_blank\">Electric Peak earning its name. #yellowstone #yellowstonenps #weather #lightning #storms<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Yellowstone National Park (@yellowstonenps) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-06-15T00:44:14+00:00\">Jun 14, 2015 at 5:44pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" defer=\"defer\" async=\"\"><\/script>Yellowstone has seen a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/2015\/11\/record-october-pushes-yellowstone-yearly-total-visits-past-4-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">record attendance of more than 4 million visitors<\/a> so far this year, and Instagram has enjoyed phenomenal growth over the past few years. The Facebook-owned platform is becoming increasingly popular with travelers who want to show off their vacation exploits, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/socialtimes\/report-brand-activity-engagement-growing-on-instagram\/631213\" target=\"_blank\">brand marketers looking to leverage it as a marketing tool<\/a>. The top global Instagram spot for 2015 is Disneyland, in California, which typically sees 16 million annual visitors. It is followed in the top 5 by New York&#8217;s Times Square and Central Park, along with the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Disney World in Florida. Compared to major consumer brands and much of the general public, the National Park Service came to the Instagram party relatively late, launching a Yellowstone account just over a year ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/80eeaTp4Dm\/\" target=\"_blank\">The elk rut has tapered off, but you can still hear a few bugles ringing out around Mammoth Hot Springs (mostly at night). #yellowstonenps #elkrut #yellowstone<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Yellowstone National Park (@yellowstonenps) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-10-14T13:37:28+00:00\">Oct 14, 2015 at 6:37am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yellowstonenps\/\" target=\"_blank\">@YellowstoneNPS<\/a> has posted only 279 photos, mainly featuring landscapes and wildlife images, along with some historical photos and pictures of visitors. Yellowstone&#8217;s Instagram account has just under 100,000 followers, which may seem like a lot, but lags well behind the park&#8217;s more than 660,000 Facebook fans.<\/p>\n<p>Most national parks are dwarfed on Instagram and other social media platforms compared to major consumer brands like Nike, which has more than 30 million Instagram followers, or even Starbucks, with 6.8 million followers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/_FxH63p4FT\/\" target=\"_blank\">Few things match the excitement of watching a fox hunt in fresh snow. #yellowstonenps #redfox<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Yellowstone National Park (@yellowstonenps) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-12-09T23:50:18+00:00\">Dec 9, 2015 at 3:50pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Yellowstone will likely have a more active presence on Instagram and other online platforms next year, under a new plan to prioritize and unify its public communications.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Jody Lyle, the park&#8217;s newly hired head of strategic communications, said in October during a meeting with Cody tourism industry leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Lyle said part of that effort will include advice for drivers on how to navigate wildlife jams and other choke points where visitors are crowding for the perfect photo\u2014angling for just the right shot to share on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><i>Contact Ruffin Prevost at 307-213-9818 or <\/i><a href=\"mailto:ruffin@yellowstonegate.com\"><i>ruffin@yellowstonegate.com<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellowstone National Park is always among the perennial favorite tourist destinations in Wyoming, so it should come as no surprise that it&#8217;s the most popular location in the state among Instagram users.<\/p>\n<p>The photo-sharing social network released its 2015 location data to Time magazine, which this week listed Yellowstone as the top Wyoming destination in a state-by-state roundup of &#8220;the most Instagrammed places in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[446,312],"tags":[985,1126],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yellowstone ranks as Wyoming&#039;s top spot among Instagram users - Yellowstone Gate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=11131\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yellowstone ranks as Wyoming&#039;s top spot among Instagram users - Yellowstone Gate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yellowstone National Park is always among the perennial favorite tourist destinations in Wyoming, so it should come as no surprise that it&#039;s the most popular location in the state among Instagram users.  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