It used to be that only your immediate family would be able to catch a glimpse of your Thanksgiving Day table. Now, through the magic of social networking, everyone can see what you had for dinner, and it seems as though Instagram users were particularly excited to share their culinary adventures yesterday.

Mentions of Thanksgiving-related terms on the Facebook-owned photo service reached record levels, Instagram said today.

"Over 10 million photos that mentioned Thanksgiving-themed words in their captions were shared yesterday," the company wrote in a blog post. "For several hours throughout the day, more than 200 photos about Thanksgiving were posted every second."

In total, Thanksgiving Day 2012 "broke all Instagram records," the company said, making it the company's "busiest day so far." The number of shared photos on Turkey Day was more than double those shared on Wednesday.

Perusing some of the Instagram search sites, it appears that many of the Thanksgiving-themed images were either photos of the grub users were about to consume or shots of people with friends and family.

"We're thrilled to see people use Instagram to share their holidays," Instagram said. "Whether celebrating with friends and family or sharing photos with them halfway across the globe, we're excited to see the intimacy and immediacy of the Instagram experience bring us all closer together over this holiday season."

On Election Day, Instagram users in the U.S. , and about 150,000 with #election2012, Instagram said. The photos really started rolling in once news outlets projected that Barack Obama had won a second term as president of the United States. After the election was called, the number of Instagram photos uploaded each second was at 2.1 times the normal rate.

A day earlier, the company . Before then, people could only access the service via its Android and iOS apps. To help promote those Web profiles, meanwhile, Instagram this week , which can be added to your website, blog, or anywhere that you want to link to your Instagram Web profile.

For more, see PCMag's reviews of Instagram for Android and Instagram for iOS.

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