Instagram

select all Oct. 17, 2018

Why Can’t Instagram Get Anybody to Care About IGTV?It’s been months since Instagram launched its longform video hub, with help from popular creators. So why isn’t the YouTube competitor luring users?

By Madison Malone Kircher

technoguilt Oct. 11, 2018

The Algorithm Knows Me. So Why Does It Keep Shaming Me?Algorithm shame: the inescapable feeling of being pigeonholed with almost no one to blame but yourself.

By Noreen Malone

select all Oct. 4, 2018

The Facebookification of Instagram Has BegunThe newest features from the platform feel out of touch for Instagram but old hat for Facebook.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Oct. 1, 2018

Can You Believe How Many Women Own This One-of-a-Kind Couch?Inside a Soho penthouse decorated entirely for Instagram influencer photo shoots.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Sept. 26, 2018

If Zuck Acquires You, You’ll Feel Gross. The Only Question Is HowTwo separate products, three separate founders, two separate reasons for leaving — all with regrets about being bought (& made rich) by Zuck.

By Jake Swearingen

select all Sept. 25, 2018

Is Instagram About to Suck?Instagram’s co-founders announced a surprise departure this week.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Sept. 14, 2018

‘Wow Queen’: The Story Behind the Internet’s Most Famous Goofy ArtA self-taught artist created the iconic image that’s taken on a life of its own.

By Brian Feldman

select all Aug. 28, 2018

You Can Now Ask Instagram to Verify Your AccountInstagram says your account must meet certain criteria before it can be approved.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all July 20, 2018

How to Turn Off Instagram’s New Feature That Shows People You’re Using the AppThe feature turns on by default, so you’re going to want to read this.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all July 3, 2018

You Don’t Have to Instagram Those FireworksA Fourth of July plea.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all July 2, 2018

Instagram Now Tells You When You’ve Seen Every New Post From the Past Two DaysStill not bringing back the chronological feed, though.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all June 26, 2018

How Influencers Get Free Cosmetic Products, and You Can Too!It can be kind of illegal, though.

By Kenny Wassus

select all June 20, 2018

Instagram Announces IGTV With Botched Livestream and Foie GrasInstagram’s answer to YouTube has arrived.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all June 18, 2018

Astrology, the World’s Oldest, and Newest, Meme TrendAcross social media — particularly on Instagram — a rash of new accounts have emerged wanting to tell you about your celestial self through memes.

By Dayna Evans

select all June 14, 2018

Instagram Will No Longer Notify People When You Screenshot Their StoriesGreat news!

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all June 6, 2018

Hour-long Video Could Be Coming to InstagramYouTube … but make it Instagram.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 23, 2018

Pete ‘Shade Master’ Souza Is Writing a Book About, Well, ShadeThe former Obama White House photographer has spent months shading Trump on Instagram.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 22, 2018

Instagram Now Lets You Mute Your FriendsBless this day.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 17, 2018

Instagram Stories Adds Regram FeatureAn easy way to share photos from your feed.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 16, 2018

Virtual Reality Food Is Here — and Instagram ReadyTired of waiting in line for the perfect decadent thing to post on Instagram? Virtual reality food means you don’t even have to buy it!

By Kari Sonde

select all May 7, 2018

Instagram’s Music Feature Is Coming SoonA big feature for all the music-heads out there.

By Brian Feldman

select all May 4, 2018

Instagram Is Trying to Make It Easier to Buy Things in the AppSome users can now link their accounts to a credit card.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 22, 2018

Instagram Keeps Algorithm, But Promises to Show Newer Photos FirstIt is also testing a feature to let users manually refresh feeds.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 13, 2018

Instagram Isn’t Bringing Back Chronological FeedsThat algorithm is here to stay … no matter what the memes say.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 12, 2018

Instagram and Snapchat Suspend GIF Usage After Racist GIF FoundYou can’t post GIFs on Instagram or Snapchat anymore.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Mar. 2, 2018

Instagram Code Reveals Possible Audio and Video CallingThe feature is lying hidden in the app.

By Brian Feldman

select all Feb. 20, 2018

Snapchat, Like Instagram, Adds GIF StickersPeople hate the new Snapchat, but this feature seems fun.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 14, 2018

Happy Valentine’s Day, Tommy Lee Got Engaged to Vine’s Brittany FurlanLove is real.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 12, 2018

Screenshot Alerts Could Be Coming to Instagram StoriesInstagram is reportedly testing the Snapchat-style feature.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 9, 2018

Use This Instagram Stories Hack to Game the App’s AlgorithmIt’s clickbait, but for Instagram.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 2, 2018

Your Travel Instagrams Are Derivative As HeckPlease stop taking photos of plane wings among the clouds.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 1, 2018

Instagram Adds Text-Only Feature to StoriesNo more coloring in a photo and adding a caption.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Feb. 1, 2018

Logan Paul Roasted for Comparing Himself to Christ on Cardi B’s InstagramThe YouTuber clearly has not learned the value of saying nothing.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Jan. 19, 2018

Is Instagram Strategically Withholding My Likes?An investigation.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Jan. 5, 2018

A Year of Salt Bae, the Internet’s Perfect ChefThe living meme captured the best and (mostly) worst of 2017.

By Chris Crowley

select all Jan. 5, 2018

Cole Sprouse Catches a Woman Googling to Make Sure It’s HimThe Disney Channel star can see your phone screen.

By Brian Feldman

select all Jan. 3, 2018

Trump May Nuke Us All, But at Least Pete Souza’s Still Got ShadeAnother day, another Instagram own from the former Obama photographer, Pete Souza.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all Jan. 2, 2018

These Awful Photos of Hideous Gardens Are the Best Thing on InstagramShit Gardens’ tongue-in-cheek scrapbook of Melbourne landscaping is oddly compelling.

By Chris Crowley

select all Dec. 29, 2017

Facebook Bans One Dictator. But What About the Others?Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, has been kicked off of Instagram and Facebook after facing U.S. sanctions. But others remain.

By Jake Swearingen

select all Dec. 28, 2017

Instagram Is Going to Put Recommended Posts in Your Feed NowMore filtered photos for you to ignore.

By Brian Feldman

select all Dec. 12, 2017

You Can Now Follow Hashtags on InstagramIf you’ve ever said to yourself, “Man, I wish my Instagram feed featured more random photos from people I don’t know!” This one’s for you.

By Paris Martineau

select all Dec. 7, 2017