Instagram is a popular photo-sharing app for smartphones. Compared with other social networks, Instagram is relatively simple—it's focused exclusively on sharing photos with your friends

1. What is
Instagram?

2. What is Instagram?
Instagram is a popular photo-sharing app
for smartphones. Compared with other
social networks, Instagram is relatively
simple—it's focused exclusively on
sharing photos with your friends.

3. Why use Instagram?
At this point, you may be thinking: Why do I
need a separate app for sharing photos?
Couldn't I just post them on Facebook or
another social network? One reason for
Instagram's popularity is its simplicity. Rather
than focusing on a lot of different features,
Instagram has only one core feature, which
makes it especially easy to share photos and
see photos from your friends.

4. Filters are another reason people like using Instagram.
Whenever you take a photo in Instagram, you can quickly
apply a filter to give the photo a unique look. Filters can
help transform an ordinary photo into something worth
sharing without much effort. For example, take a look at the
photo below:
As you can see, filters can give you a lot of flexibity
with your photos, which also makes them more fun
to share with your friends.

5. Is Instagram appropriate for everyone?
Like most other social networking sites, you
must be at least 13 years old to create an
account on Instagram. While you may
occasionally encounter some inappropriate
content on Instagram, it does have strict rules
banning nudity and other types of offensive
posts.

6. About this tutorial
Rather than use traditional screenshots and
videos, we created our own Instagram posts
like the ones above to show you how to use
the app and provide examples of what you can
do with Instagram—you'll find these
throughout the tutorial!