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What Is Instagram?

 

Instagram is an online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, apply digital filters to them, and share them on a variety of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.^[5] A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 16:9 aspect ratio now typically used by mobile device cameras. Users are also able to record and share short videos lasting for up to 15 seconds.^[6]

Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched in October 2010. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012.^[7][8] Instagram is distributed through the Apple App Store and Google Play.^[9] Support was originally available for only the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch; in April 2012, support was added for Android camera phones. A third-party Instagram app is available for the Windows Phone.^[10] On October 22, 2013, during the Nokia World at Abu Dhabi, UAE, Kevin Systrom has confirmed that official Instagram app for Windows Phone will be available in the coming weeks.^[11] The service was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock.^[12]

Users

By December 2010, Instagram had 1 million registered users.^[57] In June 2011 Instagram announced it had 5 million users^[58] and it passed 10 million in September of the same year.^[59] In April 2012, it was announced that over 30 million accounts were set up on Instagram.^[60]
Instagram announced that 100 million photographs had been uploaded to its service as of July 2011. This total reached 150 million in August 2011.^[61][62] By May 2012^[63] 58 photographs were being uploaded and a new user was being gained each second. The total number of photographs uploaded had exceeded one billion.
There are basic Terms of Use that Instagram users must follow, including an age requirement of 13 years or older, restrictions against posting violent, nude, partially nude, or sexually suggestive photographs and responsibility for one's account and all activity conducted with it.^[64]
There are also proprietary rights in content on Instagram. Instagram does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photographs, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, content) that users post on or through the Instagram Services.^[64]
On August 9, 2012, English musician Ellie Goulding came out with a new music video for her song "Anything Could Happen". The video only contained fan submitted Instagram photographs that used various Instagram filters to represent words or lyrics from the song^[65] and over 1200 different photographs were submitted.
On February 27, 2013, Instagram announced 100 million active users, only two-and-a-half years after the launch of the app.^[66] As of September 9, 2013, the company has announced a total of more than 150 million monthly active users.^[54]
Many celebrities have profiles on Instagram, sharing photos and videos of their personal and professional lives with fans. Some celebrities deleted their accounts in response to Instagram's proposed change to its Terms of Service, which would have allowed the photo-sharing app to sell images to advertisers without compensation to users.^[67]
Instagram was listed among Time's 50 Best Android Applications for 2013.^[68]