From Past to Today: Instagram

From Past to Today: Instagram

From Past to Today: Instagram


All around the world around 1 billion people are using Instagram. They share pictures, looking at the stories of their people, and looking at Explore section daily. As a basic Picture sending application, how did Instagram achieve this kind of success? In this article, we will be dive into the history of Instagram.

 In 2010 Instagram was launched by its creators  Kevin Systrom ve Mike Krieger with the name of Burbn. Creators achieved gain big investments in the app and through this they manage to develop it.

 Before it was sold to Facebook, Instagram had almost 30 million users. In 2012, Instagram has been sold to Facebook. 2012 was a big year for the development of Instagram because when the firm launched Instagram to the Android devices, it increased the number of users in a huge amount.

Why is Instagram so popular?

The lack of application that was only focused on pictures might be an answer. The purchase by Facebook was an important step too. Today Instagram did not lose its focus on Picture sharing. Looks like we will use this app in our daily life for a quite long time.