Dubai among top 10 most hashtagged cities on Instagram - in pictures

9. Los Angeles: 23.7m posts, averaging 23,594 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 119 per cent. Getty Images

8. Barcelona: 23.9m posts, averaging 49,985 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 76 per cent. Getty Images

7. Chicago: 24.1m posts, averaging 13,898 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 46 per cent. Getty Images

6. Miami: 32.7m posts, averaging 18,784 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 45 per cent. Getty Images

5. Istanbul: 35.4m posts, averaging 25,795 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 66 per cent. Getty Images

4. Dubai: 32.7m posts, averaging 36,847 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 76 per cent. Getty Images

3. Paris: 55.2m posts, averaging 43,833 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 76 per cent. Getty Images

2. London: 64.5m posts, averaging 51,913 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 78 per cent. Getty Images

1. New York: 68m posts, averaging 55,190 posts per day. Growth rate since 2015: 79 per cent. Getty Images

Dubai was the fourth most hashtagged city on Instagram in 2016, after New York, London and Paris.
According to a report by Hashtag The World, more than 46 million posts included #Dubai last year, a 76 per cent increase from 2015.
Check out which cities made the cut.
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