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(Internet Category:en:Internet#INSTAGRAM) An online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.
Megan has 53 posts, follows all her followers and has 41.7k followers on Instagram.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTAGRAM

He posted a gym reel on Instagram.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTAGRAM
- 2019 September 25, Kendra Pierre-Louis, “How to Buy Clothes That Are Built to Last”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 11 May 2025:
  According to a survey commissioned by the credit card company Barclay, 9 percent of shoppers in Britain admitted to buying clothes online for Instagram. After posting pictures of themselves wearing the item online, they return it.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
- 2020, “Carla's got a boyfriend”, in The Night Chancers, performed by Baxter Dury:
  Carla's got a boyfriend / I spotted him on Instagram / Followed him about a bit
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
- 2023 June 9, John Mac Ghlionn, “The new Andrew Tate: Toxic ‘manosphere’ podcaster claims ‘all women are whores’”, in New York Post‎:
  One who is quickly causing controversy — although his 249K Instagram follower tally is a far cry from Tate’s 4.6 million before Tate was banned — is Myron Gaines, co-host of the Fresh and Fit podcast which markets itself as the No. 1 men’s podcast in the world.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM

Synonyms

(clippings): (China) Ins, Insta, 'gram ('Gram, gram, Gram)
(abbreviation): IG

Descendants

Some listed may be semantic loans.

→ Amharic: ኢንስታግራም m (īnisitagirami)Category:Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#INSTAGRAM
→ Arabic: إِنْسْتَقْرَام (ʔinstaqrām), إِنْسْتَغْرَام (ʔinstaḡrām)
→ Armenian: Ինստագրամ (Instagram)
→ Belarusian: Інстагра́м (Instahrám)
→ Bengali: ইন্স্টাগ্র্যাম (insṭagrjam)
→ Bulgarian: И́нстаграм (Ínstagram)
→ Esperanto: Instagramo
→ Finnish: Instagram, insta
→ French: Instagram
→ Georgian: ინსტაგრამი (insṭagrami)
→ German: Instagram
→ Greek: Ίνσταγκραμ (Ínstagkram)
→ Hebrew: אינסטגרם
→ Hindi: इन्स्टग्राम (insṭagrām)
→ Indonesian: Instagram
→ Japanese: インスタグラム, インスタ
→ Javanese: ꦆꦤ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦛꦒꦿꦩ꧀ (ĩnsthagram)
→ Korean: 인스타그램 (inseutageuraem), 인스타 (inseuta)
→ Lithuanian: instagramas
→ Macedonian: И́нстаграм (Ínstagram)
→ Malay: Instagram
→ Marathi: इन्स्टाग्राम (insṭāgrām)
→ Odia: ଇନ୍ସ୍ଟଗ୍ରାମ (insṭagrāma)
→ Pashto: اسټګرام (insṭëgrâm)
→ Persian: اینستگرام
→ Polish: Instagram
→ Portuguese: Instagram
→ Russian: Инстагра́м (Instagrám)
→ Russian: ин100гра́м (in100grám) (slang)
→ Sinhalese: ඉන්ස්ටග්‍රම් (insṭagram)
→ Tamil: இந்ஸ்டக்ராம் (insṭakrām)
→ Telugu: ఇన్స్టగ్రమ్ (insṭagram)
→ Tigrinya: ኢንስታግራም (ʾinsətagram)
→ Turkish: Instagram
→ Ukrainian: Інстаґрáм (Instagrám)
→ Ukrainian: і́нста (ínsta)
→ Vietnamese: Instagram

Translations

online photo-sharing service

Category:Entries with translation boxes#INSTAGRAM

Amharic: ኢንስታግራም m (īnisitagirami)Category:Amharic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#INSTAGRAM Category:Terms with Amharic translations#INSTAGRAM
Arabic: إِنْسْتَقْرَام m (ʔinstaqrām)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#INSTAGRAM, إِنْسْتَغْرَام m (ʔinstaḡrām)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#INSTAGRAM
Hijazi Arabic: إنستقرام m (instagrām)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#INSTAGRAM
Armenian: Ինստագրամ (Instagram)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#INSTAGRAM
Belarusian: Інстагра́м m (Instahrám)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#INSTAGRAM
Bengali: ইন্স্টাগ্র্যাম (insṭagrjam)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#INSTAGRAM
Bulgarian: И́нстаграм m (Ínstagram)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#INSTAGRAM
Chinese:
Mandarin: 即時電報 / 即时电报 (Jíshídiànbào)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#INSTAGRAM (not a well-established name)
Esperanto: InstagramoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#INSTAGRAM
Finnish: InstagramCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#INSTAGRAM, instaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#INSTAGRAM
French: Instagram (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#INSTAGRAM
Georgian: ინსტაგრამი (insṭagrami)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#INSTAGRAM
German: Instagram (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#INSTAGRAM
Greek: Ίνσταγκραμ (Ínstagkram)Category:Terms with Greek translations#INSTAGRAM, ίνσταγκραμ (el) n (ínstagkram)Category:Terms with Greek translations#INSTAGRAM
Hebrew: אינסטגרם m (instagram)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#INSTAGRAM
Hindi: इन्स्टग्राम m (insṭagrām)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#INSTAGRAM
Indonesian: InstagramCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#INSTAGRAM
Japanese: インスタグラム (Insutaguramu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#INSTAGRAM, インスタ (Insuta)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#INSTAGRAM
Javanese: ꦆꦤ꧀ꦱ꧀ꦛꦒꦿꦩ꧀ (ĩnsthagram)Category:Terms with Javanese translations#INSTAGRAM
Korean: 인스타그램 (Inseutageuraem)Category:Terms with Korean translations#INSTAGRAM, 인스타 (Inseuta)Category:Terms with Korean translations#INSTAGRAM
Lithuanian: instagramas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#INSTAGRAM
Macedonian: И́нстаграм m (Ínstagram)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#INSTAGRAM
Malay: InstagramCategory:Terms with Malay translations#INSTAGRAM
Māori: paeāhuaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#INSTAGRAM
Marathi: इन्स्टाग्राम (insṭāgrām)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#INSTAGRAM
Odia: ଇନ୍ସ୍ଟଗ୍ରାମ (insṭagrāma)Category:Terms with Odia translations#INSTAGRAM
Pashto: اسټګرام (insṭëgrâm)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#INSTAGRAM
Persian: اینستگرام (instagrâm)Category:Terms with Persian translations#INSTAGRAM
Polish: Instagram (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#INSTAGRAM
Portuguese: Instagram mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#INSTAGRAM
Russian: Инстагра́м m (Instagrám)Category:Terms with Russian translations#INSTAGRAM
Sinhalese: ඉන්ස්ටග්‍රම් (insṭagram)Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations#INSTAGRAM
Spanish: InstagramCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#INSTAGRAM
Tamil: இந்ஸ்டக்ராம் (insṭakrām)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#INSTAGRAM
Telugu: ఇన్స్టగ్రమ్ (insṭagram)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#INSTAGRAM
Tigrinya: ኢንስታግራም (ʾinsətagram)Category:Terms with Tigrinya translations#INSTAGRAM
Turkish: InstagramCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#INSTAGRAM
Ukrainian: Інстаґрáм m (Instagrám)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#INSTAGRAM, Інстагра́м m (Instahrám)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#INSTAGRAM
Vietnamese: InstagramCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#INSTAGRAM

Noun

Instagram (plural Instagrams)Category:English lemmas#INSTAGRAM Category:English nouns#INSTAGRAM Category:English countable nouns#INSTAGRAM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#INSTAGRAM Category:Pages with entries#INSTAGRAM Category:Pages with 6 entries#INSTAGRAM

A user's profile or account on this service.
Have you seen her Instagram lately?Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTAGRAM

She's been blowing up my Instagram!Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTAGRAM
A photograph or video shared on this service.
I saw one of her Instagrams last week, but I haven't talked to her since then.Category:English terms with usage examples#INSTAGRAM

Verb

Instagram (third-person singular simple present Instagrams, present participle Instagramming, simple past and past participle Instagrammed)Category:English lemmas#INSTAGRAM Category:English verbs#INSTAGRAM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#INSTAGRAM Category:Pages with entries#INSTAGRAM Category:Pages with 6 entries#INSTAGRAM

(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#INSTAGRAM) To use the social networking service Instagram.
- 2013 July 5, Lyndsey Winship, “Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance”, in The Guardian‎:
  The thinking goes that if the modern audience watches TV on laptops, while Instagramming and checking emails at the same time, why would contemporary artists ignore that and insist on trapping them in a silent black box for an hour?
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
(ambitransitive Category:English transitive verbs#INSTAGRAM Category:English intransitive verbs#INSTAGRAM) To post an image or video to Instagram.
- 2012, Nas, No I.D., Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, “Daughters” (track 5), in Life is Good, performed by Nas:
  Her mother cried when she answered / Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted / A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
- 2014 July 7, Kaitlan Collins, “Kim Kardashian Was Desperate To Leave The Hamptons So She Could Instagram”, in The Daily Caller‎:
  [see title]
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
(ambitransitive Category:English transitive verbs#INSTAGRAM Category:English intransitive verbs#INSTAGRAM) To digitally manipulate a photograph using filter effects.
- 2012, Jefferson Graham, Video Nation, →ISBN, page 160:
  To illustrate, I used B-roll of photos on the iPhone that were being “Instagrammed” (Figure 8.6) with fun filters along with screen captures of Instragram's No. 1 ranking in the iTunes App Store and the Apple website touting the iPhone 4S.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
- 2013 May 31, Kory Stamper, “The Spelling Bee turns Twitter into our national sports bar”, in The Guardian‎:
  In a world where it is de rigueur to announce your wedding on Facebook and show the world artfully Instagrammed pictures of your appendectomy, it's no surprise that the Bee has a social media presence.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
- 2014, Reenita Malhotra Hora, Operation Mom, →ISBN:
  There he was, staring cheekily into the camera for a perfectly instagrammed photo which had been touched up to show off his muscles, raw sex appeal and wild, unkempt hair.
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM
- 2014, Rachael Chadwick, 60 Postcards: The inspirational story of a young woman's journey to celebrate her mother, one postcard at a time, →ISBN:
  The cameras were out and we were all trying to get pictures of each other, which we then spent a further half an hour trying to Instagram to make us look as good as possible
  Category:English terms with quotations#INSTAGRAM

References

↑ Somini Sengupta; Nicole Perlroth; Jenna Worthamapril (13 April 2012), “Behind Instagram’s Success, Networking the Old Way”, in New York Times: “They gave it a new name: Instagram. “We renamed because we felt it better captured what you were doing — an instant telegram of sorts,” Mr. Systrom wrote on Quora, a question-and-answer site that his friend Mr. D’Angelo had started.”
↑ Kevin Systrom (12 January 2011), “What is the genesis of Instagram?”, in Quora: “[…] we went out on a limb, and basically cut everything in the Burbn app except for its photo, comment, and like capabilities. What remained was Instagram. (We renamed because we felt it better captured what you were doing -- an instant telegram of sorts. It also sounded camera-y)”