Instagram was created by Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom. Kevin wanted to create a way to enhance photos and share them on the internet, which is why they created instagram. It was also made so that people could share moments of their life through photos. On October 6, 2010 instagram was launched on Apple’s app store and on April 3, 2012 instagram was released for the Android. In 2011 Instagram was named Apple’s app of the year. In January 2011 instagram added hashtags to help users find photos and each other. In September 2012 instagram reached 100 million users, and in April 9, 2012 Facebook purchased instagram for $1 billion. When hurrican Sandy hit, more then 800,000 photos were posted of the hurricane. A new member joins instagram every 2 seconds, and there are more than a billion pictures posted on instagram. There are over 30 million registered members who use instagram on a regular basis.
Instagram was created by Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom. Kevin created Photobox before instagram, which is a website that allows people to send pictures to each other on the internet, so it is simmilar to instagram. Kevin was raised in a town outside of Boston, and he worked for google before he created instagram. Kevin and Mike went to Stanford University in California together.
People like Justin Bieber, Jessica Alba, Barack Obama, Alicia Keys, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jason Mraz, Kris Allen, Jay Z, Chris Rene, Channing Tatum, Emma Roberts, Lucy Hale, Victoria Justice, Ashley Tisdale, Ashley Benson, Zooey Deschanel, Chord Overstreet, Tony Hawk, Jordyn Wieber, Usain Bolt, and Bethany Hamilton use instagram. Rihanna is one of the most followed artists on Instagram along with Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian who is currently the most popular of famous people to follow on Instagram.
Yes, instagram is safe. You can block people and make private accounts. You can also make sure that the geotagging is off so that people won't be able to see where you took the picture. You can also report an instagram user who is posting things they shouldn't.
