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

“I tap my phone to it, and Instagram goes poof.”

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

Many have moved from WhatsApp to the non-profit Signal in recent years because of privacy concerns after WhatsApp said it would share some metadata with parent company Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Facebook and Instagram, run by Meta, give enough detail for useful comparisons.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Thus far, Mark Zuckerberg’s name is conspicuously scarce on our lists despite the success of Facebook and Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Sometimes we’d be glued to our phones, scrolling through our Twitter feeds, laughing at a video someone had shared, or posting stories on Snapchat and Instagram.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles