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| 2017 || May 23 || Product || Instagram launches Story Search for hashtags and locations.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/23/instagram-stories-search/|title = Instagram launches Story Search for hashtags and locations|date = May 23, 2017|accessdate = May 23, 2017|last = Constine|first = Josh|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref>
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| 2018 || May 22 || Product || Instagram announces addition of a couple of features, which includes the option to mute people from appearing in the user's feed without having to unfollow them, and the "You're All Caught Up" indicator, which shows users whether they have seen all of the photos and videos posted within the last 48 hours by followed people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram now lets you mute your friends |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/22/17378004/instagram-mute-button-added-finally |website=theverge.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Is Launching Mute And 'You're All Caught Up' Features |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2018/05/23/instagram-mute-feature-all-caught-up/#52f77f0127e1 |website=forbes.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram now lets you mute accounts |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/22/instagram-now-lets-you-mute-accounts/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || June 20 || Product || Instagram launches {{w|IGTV}}, a long-form video platform aimed at hosting vertical videos as long as 60 minutes, hoping to make the platform more suited to mobile use than {{w|YouTube}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram crosses 1 billion monthly active accounts, unveils long-form video |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/instagram-is-taking-on-youtube-with-long-form-video.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WITH IGTV, INSTAGRAM TAKES AIM AT YOUTUBE |url=https://www.wired.com/story/with-igtv-instagram-takes-aim-at-youtube/ |website=wired.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Is Adding Hour-Long Videos to Take on YouTube |url=http://time.com/5317542/instagram-igtv-youtube/ |website=time.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || June 26 || Product || Facebook announces a whole suite of new Instagram features, all arriving on {{w|iOS}} and [[w:Android (operating system)|Android]]. These include a new video chatting feature, its custom {{w|augmented reality}} filters designed by third parties like celebrities and influencers, and the new Explore tab redesign.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram’s video chat and new custom AR filters arrive today |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/26/17504998/instagram-video-chat-stories-filters-explore-tab-redesign |website=theverge.com |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram's new 4-way group video chat lets you browse, too |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/instagrams-new-4-way-group-video-chat-lets-you-browse-too/ |website=cnet.com |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram introduces AI-powered tabs under its explore section |url=https://mashable.com/article/instagram-update-explore-tabs/#lxedfXZstPqm |website=mashable.com |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || June 28 || Product || Instagram launches a feature that lets users add clips of songs to their stories, with thousands of songs offered directly in the app (including music by artists like {{w|Bruno Mars}}, {{w|Demi Lovato}}, and {{w|Maroon 5}}). Instagram says new songs would be added daily.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram stories are getting soundtracks as the feature hits 400 million daily users |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17513188/instagram-stories-music-licensed-soundtracks-new-feature-daily-users |website=theverge.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Stories now lets its 400M users add soundtracks |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/28/instagram-stories-music/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Stories has twice as many daily users as Snapchat's service — and it now has background music |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/28/instagram-stories-daily-active-users-double-snapchats.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || June || Growth || Instagram reaches 1 billion monthly users.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram hits 1 billion monthly users, up from 800M in September |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/20/instagram-1-billion-users/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || August 1 || Product || Instagram introduces a new dashboard to tell users how long they’ve spent inside the app, along with tools for setting daily limits and temporarily muting users' push notifications. The feature, called “Your activity” on Instagram, is equivalent to “Your time on Facebook”, introduced at the same time, and is designed to address concerns that addictive feedback loops built into social apps have been detrimental to users’ well-being.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook and Instagram add dashboards to help you manage your time on social apps |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/1/17636944/facebook-instagram-dashboards-time-well-spent-reminders |website=theverge.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook, Instagram to introduce time-management tools |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-08-facebook-instagram-time-management-tools.html |website=phys.org |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook and Instagram to let users set time limits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/01/facebook-and-instagram-to-let-users-set-time-limits |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || September 17 || Product || Instagram launches Shopping features across its {{w|app}} to let people discover and consider possible purchases before clicking through to check out on the merchant’s website, thus making it easier for users to purchase items featured by businesses and influencers. Users would be able to click links to purchase items from stories and from the explore tab.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Shopping gets personalized Explore channel, Stories tags |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/17/instagram-shopping/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram launches new shopping features |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/17/instagram-launches-new-shopping-features.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram adds a shopping tab to the Explore page |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/17/17871080/instagram-shopping-explore-stories-app |website=theverge.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || September 24 || Team || Instagram co-founders {{w|Kevin Systrom}} and {{w|Mike Krieger}} resign from their respective roles as {{w|CEO}} and {{w|CTO}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder Mike Krieger Are Leaving the Company |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/instagram-co-founders-resign-1202955819/ |website=variety.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> Reports indicate that their departure might be due to growing tensions with {{w|Mark Zuckerberg}}, {{w|CEO}} of the site’s parent company, {{w|Facebook}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram founders quit amid suspected clash with Zuckerberg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/25/instagram-founders-quit-amid-suspected-clash-with-zuckerberg |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || October 1 || Team || {{w|Facebook}} announces {{w|Adam Mosseri}} as new {{w|CEO}} of Instagram. Already member of the staff, Mosseri was Instagram's head of product since earlier 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook names its new head of Instagram |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/01/facebook-names-new-head-of-instagram.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Adam Mosseri, the new head of Instagram |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/01/adam-mosseri-head-of-instagram/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 19 || Product || Instagram announces built machine learning-powered moderation tools that would help identify and remove fake likes, follows, and comments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram will remove fake likes and follows |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/19/18098834/instagram-will-remove-fake-likes-and-follows |website=theverge.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Is Purging Fake Followers Obtained Through Third-Party Apps |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/instagram-fake-followers-crackdown-third-party-apps-1203032320/ |website=variety.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || November 30 || Product || Instagram announces feature ''Close Friends'', which lets users create a separate list of followers to grant special viewing permissions. When posting a ''Story'', users would be able to differentiate between posting for everyone and posting to their group of ''Close Friends''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram adds ‘close friends’ to let you share stories to a more limited group |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18117718/instagram-close-friends-stories-favorites |website=theverge.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=INSTAGRAM NOW LETS YOU SHARE PICS WITH JUST 'CLOSE FRIENDS' |url=https://www.wired.com/story/instagram-close-friends/ |website=wired.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Close Friends feature provides official alternative to ‘Finstagrams’ |url=https://9to5mac.com/2018/11/30/instagram-close-friends/ |website=9to5mac.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2018 || December 10 || Product || Instagram introduces a voice messaging feature to its ''Direct messages''. The feature allows users to send each other audio messages up to one minute long in private and group chats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram is bringing voice messaging to your DMs |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134675/instagram-voice-messaging-direct-message-dm |website=theverge.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram launches walkie-talkie voice messaging |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/10/instagram-voice-messaging/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Instagram Direct adds new iMessage-like ‘walkie-talkie’ feature |url=https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/10/instagram-walkie-talkie-feature/ |website=9to5mac.com |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[wikipedia:Timeline of Pinterest|Timeline of Pinterest]]
* [[wikipedia:Timeline of Snapchat|Timeline of Snapchat]]
