Instagram

American  

[in-stuh-gram] / ˈɪn stəˌgræm /

Trademark.

1. the brand name for a photo- and video-sharing application and social media platform launched in 2010.

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verb (used with object)

Instagrammed, Instagramming

1. to post (a photo or video) on the Instagram app.

   I’m Instagramming a video of the whole family enjoying the Mickey Mouse birthday cake.

   This garden is one of the sights most frequently Instagrammed by visitors to our city.

noun

1. a photo or video posted on the Instagram app.

   Oh, not another Instagram of her and her new puppy!

Other Word Forms

• Instagrammable adjective
• Instagrammed adjective
• Instagrammer noun

Example Sentences

On the morning of July 5, Pecora Cardenas followed vans full of Border Patrol agents after they left a Coast Guard station in San Pedro, south of Los Angeles, livestreaming their movements on Instagram.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

“If you post something on Instagram and we catch that, you will lose your privileges,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Posting on Instagram, the company encouraged ticket buyers to use the promo code "TIMOTHEE" for a discount on certain tickets that weekend.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Its viral Super Bowl commercials targeted ChatGPT’s introduction of chatbot ads, which at some point merged with a more organic Instagram and TikTok movement about how ChatGPT was a sycophant.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Whenever he does these pieces, his answers require zero focus, so he normally hops on his phone and scrolls through Twitter and Instagram.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera