--- description: People in more than 200 countries participated title: 70 Million People Shared Their Prayers for Paris on Instagram image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd53d43a59205345c/69887137524fc0376edf57d4/paris-attacks-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 70 Million People Shared Their Prayers for Paris on Instagram This Weekend ## Video: This Is What the Future of Instagram Looks Like [Watch (HLS stream): This Is What the Future of Instagram Looks Like](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tIyzRJcR.m3u8) (2:55)  _Published 2015-10-01. As Instagram turns 5, the co-founder and CEO talks about where the app is headed_ by [Olivier Laurent](/author/olivier-laurent/) ## Olivier Laurent Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 2:49 PM CUT  This image provided by the studio of artist Jean Jullien shows the "#PeaceForParis" logo. This image provided by the studio of artist Jean Jullien shows the "#PeaceForParis" logo.Jean Jullien Studio/AFP/Getty Images by [Olivier Laurent](/author/olivier-laurent/) ## Olivier Laurent Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 16, 2015 2:49 PM CUT In the 24 hours following the terror attacks that [claimed](http://time.com/4114167/paris-attacks-suspects/ "undefined") the lives of 129 people in Paris, more than 70 million people took to Instagram to share their support and prayers for the French capital, according to the social network. In total 430 million interactions–that’s posts, likes and comments–were created in these first 24 hours, with people in more than 200 countries participating. Jean Julien’s “Peace for Paris” logo became a symbol in this wave of support, especially after Instagram [shared](https://www.instagram.com/p/-C34B4BQWt/ "undefined") the drawing on its official account, which has 114 million followers. Users also embraced hashtags, which were trending for most of the weekend. They were: 1. [#prayforparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/prayforparis/ "undefined") 2. [#paris](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/paris/ "undefined") 3. [#jesuisparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jesuisparis/ "undefined") 4. [#france](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/france/ "undefined") 5. [#prayersforparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/prayersforparis/ "undefined") 6. [#peace](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peace/ "undefined") 7. [#pray](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pray/ "undefined") 8. [#prayfortheworld](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/prayfortheworld/ "undefined") 9. [#love](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/love/ "undefined") 10. [#peaceforparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peaceforparis/ "undefined") [#prayforparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/prayforparis/ "undefined") [#paris](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/paris/ "undefined") [#jesuisparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jesuisparis/ "undefined") [#france](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/france/ "undefined") [#prayersforparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/prayersforparis/ "undefined") [#peace](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peace/ "undefined") [#pray](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pray/ "undefined") [#prayfortheworld](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/prayfortheworld/ "undefined") [#love](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/love/ "undefined") [#peaceforparis](https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/peaceforparis/ "undefined") Emojis expressing grief (from sad faces to broken hearts) were also among the most used hashtags, topped by the French flag and prayer hands emojis. The high number of interactions comes a few weeks after Instagram [announced](http://time.com/4045339/instagram-400-million/ "undefined") it had 400 million unique users and that it was putting more resources on curating content. “We believe you can see the world happening in real time through Instagram,” Instagram’s co-founder Kevin Systrom [told](http://time.com/4059656/this-is-what-the-future-of-instagram-looks-like/ "undefined") TIME. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4114288/paris-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4114288/paris-instagram/"},"headline":"70 Million People Shared Their Prayers for Paris on Instagram This Weekend","datePublished":"2015-11-16T14:49:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:57.623Z","description":"People in more than 200 countries participated","url":"https://time.com/4114288/paris-instagram/","keywords":["Tech","photography","Instagram","paris","LightBox"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd53d43a59205345c/69887137524fc0376edf57d4/paris-attacks-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivier Laurent","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/olivier-laurent/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd53d43a59205345c/69887137524fc0376edf57d4/paris-attacks-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-ATTACKS-PARIS-LOGO","caption":"This image provided by the studio of artist Jean Jullien shows the \"#PeaceForParis\" logo.","creditText":"Jean Jullien Studio/AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4114288/paris-instagram/","name":"70 Million People Shared Their Prayers for Paris on Instagram This Weekend"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Is What the Future of Instagram Looks Like","description":"As Instagram turns 5, the co-founder and CEO talks about where the app is headed","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/tIyzRJcR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-01T14:01:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/tIyzRJcR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4114288/paris-instagram/","duration":"PT2M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4114288/paris-instagram/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```