As of March 20, 2013, Flickr had a total of 87 million registered members and more than 3.5 million new images uploaded daily, as reported by The Verge.[6] On August 5, 2011, the site reported that it was hosting more than 6 billion images.[7] Photos and videos can be accessed from Flickr without the need to register an account, but an account must be made to upload content to the site.