{"id":4687,"date":"2022-07-10T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2022-07-10T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:17:07","slug":"who-made-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram","title":{"rendered":"Who Made Instagram?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f70b676dcee\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f70b676dcee\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f70b676dcee\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Who_Made_Instagram\" title=\"Who Made Instagram?\">Who Made Instagram?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Kevin_Systrom\" title=\"Kevin Systrom\">Kevin Systrom<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Mike_Krieger\" title=\"Mike Krieger\">Mike Krieger<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Facebooks_acquisition_of_instagram\" title=\"Facebook&#8217;s acquisition of instagram\">Facebook&#8217;s acquisition of instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Their_humble_beginnings\" title=\"Their humble beginnings\">Their humble beginnings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Their_growth\" title=\"Their growth\">Their growth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Keeping_instagram_up\" title=\"Keeping instagram up\">Keeping instagram up<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/who-made-instagram\/#Their_relationship_with_Justin_Bieber\" title=\"Their relationship with Justin Bieber\">Their relationship with Justin Bieber<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_Made_Instagram\"><\/span>Who Made Instagram?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oiUSkkI.jpg\" alt=\"who made instagram\"> <\/p>\n<p>In this article, you&#8217;ll learn about the founders of instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Read on for their humble beginnings and how Facebook acquired them. And don&#8217;t miss out on a fun fact: they&#8217;re also good friends. You may even get to meet them in person someday. But if you&#8217;re still curious about how they got started, you can find out more about their past projects in the app store.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kevin_Systrom\"><\/span>Kevin Systrom<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Instagram is a popular photo sharing app founded by Kevin Systrom in 2010. The app first launched on the Apple mobile operating system in October 2010 and quickly became the social network of choice for users. Facebook bought the company for $1 billion in cash and stock in April 2012. The company has been in business ever since, and Systrom has been the CEO of both companies. Here&#8217;s what you need to know about Systrom. The company&#8217;s founder shares the background behind the success of Instagram.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Krieger\"><\/span>Mike Krieger<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the two founders of Instagram, created a photo-sharing app with the hope of changing the way people share their photos with the world. After weeks of beta testing, they finally launched Instagram on October 6, 2010. Within a few days, they had 25,000 downloads, and the app quickly became a viral sensation. However, this story doesn&#8217;t end there. Systrom and Krieger didn&#8217;t stop there. The company was successful in other ways as well, and their persistence paid off.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Facebooks_acquisition_of_instagram\"><\/span>Facebook&#8217;s acquisition of instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After many years as a stand-alone service, Facebook has finally decided to buy rival Instagram. It is now an indispensable tool for millions of people and an increasingly slick conduit for advertisers. The deal is likely to help Facebook grow its stock value while removing a major competitor from the landscape. Some have feared the acquisition could trigger antitrust issues, but the FTC has approved it. Instagram&#8217;s founder Kevin Systrom was skeptical, but has backed the acquisition.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Their_humble_beginnings\"><\/span>Their humble beginnings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Some of the most famous brands began their lives with modest beginnings. From the humble beginnings of a small bacanora to the swank status of a gilded car, some companies have managed to grow into worldwide names. Here are some of them. Read on to discover the stories behind their success and the humble beginnings of these iconic brands. Then, consider your own humble beginnings. And don&#8217;t forget that humble beginnings are not always the most desirable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Their_growth\"><\/span>Their growth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you&#8217;re looking for the fastest and easiest way to grow your Instagram following, you&#8217;ve probably been considering the options of hiring a digital marketing service to help you do it. These services offer a wide range of services, but essentially, they all work to get you the same result &#8211; an increase in followers. Many of these services don&#8217;t deliver the desired results, and you may find yourself paying for services that you don&#8217;t need or can do without. Hyprgram, for example, offers a 100% hand-made organic Instagram growth service that allows you to get the exact number of real followers you need for your brand.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keeping_instagram_up\"><\/span>Keeping instagram up<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Keeping Instagram up and running can be a difficult task, but it is not impossible. In the early days, the service had an OK stack and bad configuration, but now it has almost zero downtime, and deploys several times an hour. The success of Instagram is largely due to the success of its advisers and adaptability. Adam d&#8217;Angelo suggested better alternatives to traditional deployment. He suggested loose coupling using signals and notifications, as well as dynamically adding realtime statistics to the system without waiting for new data.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Their_relationship_with_Justin_Bieber\"><\/span>Their relationship with Justin Bieber<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hailey Baldwin and Justin Timberlake have been inseparable since their wedding in Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina, in 2014. The couple has maintained their commitment to one another in recent months, with Hailey telling Elle that Justin is the only man for her. Meanwhile, Justin told GQ that the first year of their marriage was tough. Justin said he and Hailey had an emotional breakdown before he and Hailey got married.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Made Instagram? In this article, you&#8217;ll learn about the founders of instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. 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