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22 Incredible Images That Show Why Pinterest Gets 1 Billion Monthly Pageviews

By Alyson Shontell
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pinterest girl
Pinterest via Emily Brennan-Williams

Pinterest is a virtual pin board; users can tag photos they find inspiring and save them for later. It's a collage that can be shared among the community.

Even though it has yet to make a dime, the startup was called the "toast of the town" by Silicon Valley investors this summer.

Andreessen Horowitz cut Pinterest's founders a check for $27 million in October. Partner Jeff Jordan told us he hasn't seen adoption numbers like Pinterest's since Facebook's early days. One source told us pageviews are up 50% month over month and are now about one billion per month.

As soon as you visit the site, you understand why it's addicting.  The pictures on the main page are a unique collection of fashion, design and inspirational photography. Other tagged images are hilarious and heart warming.

Here are 20 photos that show you how and why millions of people are using Pinterest.

People post a lot of baby photos

Pinterest love
Pinterest via Purlygirl

They tag family and engagement photos

Pinterest family
Pinterest via Lydia Roos

And funny photos

Pinterest Santa Grave
Pinterest

There's also a category for strange photos

Pinterest Basketball Pregnang
Pinterest

There's an offbeat category for offbeat people

Pinterest teeth mouth
Pinterest

If you want a good workout regimen, you can find that on Pinterest too

Pinterest motivation work out
Pinterest

There are recipes and cool food designs for chefs

Pinterest Pig Bread
Pinterest

Food is presented in all types of interesting ways (these are jello shots)

Pinterst Jello Shot
Pinterest

There are cute kid photos on Pinterest

Pinterest UP kid halloween
Pinterest

And of course there are cute animal photos

Pinterest Dog Swing
Pinterest

Awww, look at the baby hedgehogs

Pinterest Hedgehog
Pinterest via Kourtni Wippel

How can you not click on this baby Blackbird?

Pinterest blackbird
Pinterest

Pinterest also has pictures of animals doing funny things

Pinterest panda
Pinterest

Users capture animals in strange positions

Pinterst Dog Water Shake
Pinterest

Cool nature shots are plentiful on Pinterest

Pinterest Tree Photo
Pinterest

People use Pinterest for beauty and styling tips

pinterest girl
Pinterest via Emily Brennan-Williams

Pinterest is also used for fashion ideas

Pinterest Design Etsy
Pinterest

And for mischievous ideas

Pinterest Hair Elf
Pinterest

You can find inspiration for just about anything on Pinterest; there are a lot of quotes

Pinterest Quote
Pinterest

Users post eye candy on Pinterest too, like Tim Tebow

Pinterest Ted Tebow
Pinterest

There are photos of vacation spots where users long to go

Pinterest Resort
Pinterest

There's a "For the home" category for interior design buffs

Pinterest house
Pinterest via Kristie Garner

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Alyson Shontell Business Insider
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Alyson is the Editor-in-Chief and CCO at Fortune.  She was previously a co Editor-in-Chief overseeing Business Insider's tech and business coverage.She joined Business Insider in July 2008 as the company's sixth employee. She started as a sales planner before joining the editorial team in 2010, where she became a startup reporter and was first to cover some of today's largest tech companies, including Pinterest, Tinder, Instagram, Uber and Snap. Alyson rose to become a senior correspondent, then Executive Editor.She was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Business Insider in 2016, at which point she became the youngest and only woman to run a global business publication. Under her leadership, the business division has grown to hundreds of  millions of monthly readers.Alyson was a host of  Insider's conferences and launched a podcast, "Success! How I Did It," where she interviewed influencers ranging from Sheryl Sandberg to Steve Ballmer about their career paths (subscribe on iTunes here).She has appeared on ABC, Good Morning America, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and CBC, and she has interviewed media personalities such as Megyn Kelly, technology leaders like Fred Wilson, political leaders like John Brennan, and sports star LeBron James. She is a judge for the prestigious Gerald Loeb Awards in business journalism, and has been named one of Min's Rising Stars in Media, as well as Folio's 2017 Top Women in Media.She graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she majored in psychology and advertising.You can read some of her investigative articles here:— Leaked videos reveal the true founding story of Snapchat— The founder who dumped Jared Kushner: Inside the phone call that left the White House star in a fit of rage— The downfall of billion-dollar startup, Fab— How a startup that raised the largest seed round in Silicon Valley history blew itself up before it even launched— The dark side of Facebook, where people lie, cheat, and make millions— A profile of Uber's controversial CEO, Travis Kalanick— The mystery of Jody Sherman, a founder who was driven to suicide and left behind a shocking business disasterDisclosure: Alyson owns bitcoin and Snap. She is also an investor in The Spun, a sports-media startup founded by her husband.
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