/ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/noun, verb
Instagram is a noun meaning “A user's profile or account on this service” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-S-T-A-G-R-A-M and has 3 syllables, and it appears 21 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Instagram is Instagrams.
What does Instagram mean?
noun
- 1
A user's profile or account on this service.
Have you seen her Instagram lately?
- 2
A photograph or video shared on this service.
I saw one of her Instagrams last week, but I haven't talked to her since then.
verb
- 1
To use the social networking service Instagram.
- 2
To post an image or video of (something) to Instagram.
Emily adores Paris and Instagrams the city at every turn.
- 3
To digitally manipulate a photograph using filter effects.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Instagram?
- /ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/
Instagram has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Instagram.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Instagram
- Instagrams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- Instagramming participle, present
- Instagrammed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Instagram?
Instagram appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Instagram come from?
Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).