When we built the first version of Bump back in the spring of 2009, we wanted to build a product to solve a problem we were personally facing -- we were sick and tired of manually entering people's names and numbers into our phones.  But when we launched the app on the App Store, we had no idea if anyone else in the world felt the same way or would care about Bump.  On day one, we were excited to get 222 downloads.  Now, in just over two years, we're proud to announce that more than 50 million people have now installed Bump on their phones!

Over that time, the Bump app has grown a lot too.  Pretty quickly, we realized we hadn't just built a contact information exchange app; what we really had built was a way to share any type of content and interact with others, physically, in the real world, as opposed to just the virtual worlds of social networks and email.  To give you an idea of how you can use Bump today, check out our latest video that Adam Lisagor helped us put together.

To celebrate the half-century mark, we've put together an infographic showing what, where, and how people are bumping today.  Bump is being used in all corners of the globe, from Alaska to Australia, Japan to the Falkland Islands, and even a single rogue bump in North Korea!  We've helped share more than a quarter billion photos, made millions of connections, and even paved the way to wedding bells...twice :)

From the entire team at Bump, a big thank you.  We feel like we're just getting started, so stay tuned for lots of new stuff coming your way soon.

-dave