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

Fodor posted on her Instagram page afterward that Swalwell “acts like a normal human and not a robot!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Dollar Signs: Instagram shows me at least 4 ads a day for indexed universal life insurance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

In his six-page Instagram statement in January, Brooklyn made clear that relations with his parents had broken down, saying he had been forced to respond after they had "continued to go to the press".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

A few such groups include the plaintiffs in two tandem lawsuits against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, whose jury trials concluded in favor of the plaintiffs March 24 and 25.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

She followed a bunch of vintage photography accounts on Instagram, and old apothecary bottles were a favorite subject.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon