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PicsArt is an Armenian photographer editing, collage and drawing application and a social network. PicsArt enables users to take and edit pictures, draw with layers, and share their images with the PicsArt community and on other networks like Facebook and Instagram. The app is available on iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices. It is also available on PCs running Windows 8.1 or higher.
History
PicsArt was launched in November 2011 on Android devices. It was founded by Hovhannes Avoyan and Artavazd Mehrabyan. The app was downloaded 35 million times during its first year.
PicsArt for iOS was released in January 2013 for the iPhone. In May of the same year, it was released for the iPad. The app had nearly 2 million unique daily users and 4 million registered users by January 2013. In November 2013, two years after its launch, PicsArt had reached 90 million installs and had nearly 25 million monthly active users. In December 2013, PicsArt became available for Windows Phone devices.
In January 2014, PicsArt became available on devices supporting Windows 8. By March, the app reached 100 million installs on Android, 30 million active users, 60,000 images uploaded every day, and had a community of over 11 million users. In June 2014, PicsArt was released for all Windows 8.1 PCs, devices, and tablets. When the app celebrated its three-year anniversary, it had 175 million installs, 50 million monthly users, and had 18.5 million users in the social network.
In 2016 PicsArt reached 75 million monthly active users and 300 million installs. It continued to introduce new features including a remix galleries, a redesigned camera, personalization features and other improvements across iOS, Android and Windows devices.