Baby's first Facebook update! Photos of newborns now appear on social media sites within ONE HOUR of their birth

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• Two-thirds of parents post pictures of baby less than 60 minutes after birth
• Prince George's birth encouraged 74% of parents to post more photos
• 62% of parents post images themselves, other family post 22%
• Most popular website to post on is Facebook (77%) and Instagram (48%)

Whether Instagrammed, tweeted about or used in cutesy Facebook photo updates, most newborn babies are now making their international photographic debut on social media sites within one hour of their birth.

More than two-thirds of newborns now appear online within 60 minutes, while the birth of Prince George encouraged 74 per cent of parents to increase the amount of baby and children snaps they uploaded, according to research.

Parents were asked how soon it was after their child was born that an image appeared on social media, and the average time period was 57.9 minutes.

When questioned on who specifically uploaded these images, only 62 per cent of parents acknowledged they did it themselves, with other family members (22 per cent) and friends (16 per cent) responsible for posting the remaining images.