When did instagram first launch and what was its original release date?

Daniel_Corven
Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:56:55 +0000

Instagram debuted as an iOS-only app on 6 October 2010, pivoting from the “Burbn” prototype built by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger; its first wave of roughly 25 k early adopters were mainly San Francisco tech insiders, photographers, and friends of the founders who downloaded it within the first 24 hours.