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{{Infobox software
| title = Instagram
| name = Instagram
| logo = Instagram logo 2022.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| screenshot = Instagram app on smartphone (grass background).jpg
| caption = 
| author = [[Kevin Systrom]], [[Manith Liyange]] (Burbn, Inc.)
| developer = [[Meta, Inc.]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2010|10|6}}
| operating system = [[iOS]] 7.0 or later;<ref name="AppStore">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instagram/id389801252?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|title=Instagram for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store|publisher=Itunes.apple.com|date=2013-05-07|access-date=2013-06-10}}</ref> <br>[[Android (operating system)|Android]] 2.2 or later <br>[[Windows Phone 8]]<ref name="Windows Phone Marketplace">{{cite web|url=http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/instagram-beta/3222a126-7f20-4273-ab4a-161120b21aea|title=Instagram BETA on Windows Phone Store|publisher=[[Windows Phone Store]]|date=2013-11-21|access-date=2013-11-21}}</ref> <br>[[Windows 10 Mobile]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/instagram-beta/9nblggh5l9xt?tduid=%280b96393c625c1ff18110b385d4db5b35%29%28263915%29%282775081%29%28%29%28%29|title=Instagram (Beta) - Windows Apps on Microsoft Store|publisher=[[Windows Store]]|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>
| size = Varies per device
| language = 25 languages<ref name=PCMag1>{{cite news|last=Moscaritolo|first=Angela|title=Instagram Adds New 'Mayfair' Filter, Support for 25 Languages|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413502,00.asp|work=[[PC Mag]]|access-date=April 14, 2013|date=December 21, 2012}}</ref>
| genre = [[Photography|Photo]] and [[video]]
| license = [[Freeware]]
| alexa = {{increase}} 16 ({{as of|2016|9|1|alt=September 2016}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/instagram.com|title= Instagram.com Site Overview|publisher= [[Alexa Internet]]|access-date= 2016-08-17|archive-date= 2018-12-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181224232146/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/instagram.com|url-status= dead}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|instagram.com}}
}}
'''Instagram''' (sometimes shortened to '''Insta''' or '''IG''') is an American online [[:wikt:photo|photo]] and [[:wikt:video|video]] sharing [[social networking service|social networking]] service. Allowing users to take pictures and videos, add digital [[Photographic filter|filters]] to them and share them to their followers. They can then share them on a variety of [[Social network service|social networking services]], such as [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Tumblr]], and [[Flickr]].<ref name=nov2010>{{cite web|last=Frommer|first=Dan|title=Here's How To Use Instagram|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-2010-11|work=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=May 20, 2011|date=November 1, 2010}}</ref>

Back in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/08/instagram-says-goodbye-square-photos/|title=Instagram Ends the Tyranny of the Square|last=Stinson|first=Liz|website=www.wired.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Instagram confined photos to a [[square]] shape, similar to Kodak [[Instamatic]] and [[Instant camera|Polaroid]] images. In August 2016, Instagram launched Instagram Stories, a feature that allows users to take photos by adding effects and layers to be placed into user stories. Photos uploaded to user stories will expire after 24 hours. This was different than the 4:3 [[:en:wikt:aspect ratio|aspect ratio]] typically used by [[digital camera]]s. Users were able to share very short videos.<ref name="instagram1">[http://blog.instagram.com/post/53448889009/video-on-instagram Instagram Blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818124109/http://blog.instagram.com/post/53448889009/video-on-instagram |date=2017-08-18 }}. Blog.instagram.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.</ref> In 2017, the length limit was raised to ten minutes.
 
Instagram was created by [[Kevin Systrom]] and [[Mike Krieger]]. When Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger talked to famous NY Photographer [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]], a photographer for the [[Daily Bugle]], Systrom and Krieger were inspired to make an app just for photography. It was released on October 6, 2010.{{cn}}

As of December 2021, [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] is the most followed person on the platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shufflegazine.com/most-popular-instagram-stars/|title=Most Popular Instagram Stars (2021)|language=en-US|access-date=2021-12-27|archive-date=2021-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208114452/https://shufflegazine.com/most-popular-instagram-stars/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Очки.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Typical Instagram photo (square format)}}]]

[[India]] has the most Instagram users.<ref> https://www.statista.com/statistics/578364/countries-with-most-instagram-users/</ref>

[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] is the most followed celebrity on the social network.<ref> https://www.forbesindia.com/article/explainers/most-followed-instagram-accounts-world/85649/1</ref>

[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]] and [[Asia|Asians]] are more likely to use Instagram.<ref> https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/01/31/americans-social-media-use/#:~:text=Race%20and%20ethnicity%3A%20Roughly%20six,and%20White%20(43%25)%20adults.</ref>
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