Photo and short-video social network owned by Meta, launched in 2010.
At a glance
Who owns it
Owned by Meta since Apr 2012.
People
Adam Mosseri (Head of Instagram), Kevin Systrom (co-founder) and Mike Krieger (co-founder)
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- Instagram is a photo and short-form video sharing service owned by Meta Platforms.
- Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched it for iOS in October 2010.
- Facebook bought it in April 2012 for about $1 billion in cash and stock.
- It reached 1 billion registered users in June 2018.
Key facts
- Launched
- October 2010, for iOS1
- Founders
- Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger1
- Owner
- Meta Platforms; Facebook bought it in April 2012 for about $1 billion in cash and stock1
- Users
- 1 billion registered users by June 20181
- Head
- Adam Mosseri, from October 20182
Who owns it
Owned by Meta since Apr 2012.
Parent company
- MetaOrganization
acquired for about $1 billion in cash and stock · since Apr 2012 1
People
Led by
- Adam MosseriPerson
Head of Instagram · since Oct 2018 2
Founded by
- Kevin Systrom
co-founder 1
- Mike KriegerPerson
co-founder; CTO until 2018 3
Links
Sources
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