Our Story
A quick walk through our history as a company:
October 06
Instagram Launches
November 02
A Round of Applause for A Round of Awards!
December 08
We’re the 2011 App Store iPhone App of the Year!
February 10
Update: What’s New in Version 2.1
February 29
Update: What’s New in Version 2.2
April 09
Instagram + Facebook
August 16
Instagram 3.0 – Photo Maps & More
September 12
Introducing New Mobile Photo Pages
November 21
Introducing Instagram Badges!
December 20
Updated Terms of Service Based on Your Feedback
December 21
Instagram Now in 25 Languages
February 05
Introducing Your Instagram Feed on the Web
February 26
Instagram Today: 100 Million People
May 02
Introducing Photos of You
June 20
Introducing Video on Instagram
July 10
Introducing Instagram Web Embeds
August 07
Announcing Instagram 4.1
September 25
Announcing Instagram for iOS 7
November 20
Introducing Instagram for Windows Phone
December 12
Introducing Instagram Direct
August 26
Introducing Hyperlapse from Instagram
November 10
Discovery and Caption Editing on Instagram
December 10
300 Million: Sharing Real Moments
December 16
Five New Filters
March 23
Introducing Layout from Instagram
April 07
Color and Fade
April 27
Three New Filters and Emoji Hashtags
September 01
Introducing Improvements to Instagram Direct
September 22
Celebrating a Community of 400 Million
October 22
Introducing Boomerang from Instagram
February 11
Coming Soon: View Counts on Videos
March 15
See the Moments You Care About First
May 11
A New Look for Instagram
August 02
Introducing Instagram Stories
August 31
Introducing Zoom
September 12
Keeping Comments Safe on Instagram
October 18
Introducing Stories on Explore
November 21
New Ways to Share in the Moment
December 21
Keeping Instagram Safe: More Tools and Control
January 24
Live Stories: Available Globally
February 22
Share Up to 10 Photos and Videos in One Post
March 23
Fostering a Safer, Kinder Community
March 31
New Stickers for Days of the Week
April 11
Introducing the New Instagram Direct
April 26
700 million
May 18
New Stickers for Fun Phrases
June 01
New Face Filters in Camera
June 13
Introducing Archive on Profile
June 15
New Face Filters and More
June 19
New Stickers for Summer
July 07
Fun New Face Filter!
August 04
Two New Face Filters
August 08
Go LIVE with a friend
August 17
New Ways to Reply with Photos and Videos
August 18
New Stickers for the Solar Eclipse
August 23
New, Community-Inspired Face Filter
August 31
Bringing Instagram Stories to Mobile Web
January 23
Introducing GIF Stickers
February 01
Introducing Type Mode in Stories
April 10
Introducing Focus
April 24
Improvements to Stories Uploads
May 10
Introducing the Emoji Slider
June 07
Introducing @mention Sharing
June 20
Welcome to IGTV
June 28
Introducing Music in Stories
July 27
The best of IGTV this month!
August 02
Happy Birthday, Instagram Stories!
August 20
Testing Recommended Posts in Feed
August 28
New Tools to Help Keep Instagram Safe
September 06
A New Resource For the Parents of Teens on Instagram
September 17
New Ways to Shop on Instagram
September 18
Helping Our Community Register to Vote
September 20
Say it with GIFs in DMs
November 15
Introducing more ways to shop on Instagram
November 19
Reducing Inauthentic Activity on Instagram
November 21
Improving your Instagram Profile
November 28
Creating a More Accessible Instagram
December 11
Introducing the #InstaGiftGuide
December 12
Instagram Year in Review 2018
December 18
New Ways to Interact on Instagram
February 05
#SaferInternetDay
February 12
#ShareBlackStories on Instagram
March 19
Introducing Checkout on Instagram
May 09
@shop Is Now Open
October 03
Introducing Threads
November 18
Shop With Your ❤️ on Instagram
Instagram Statistics
1B+
Monthly Actives