How to Create Instagram Account for The First Time?

What is Instagram?

Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. In August 2015, version 7.5 was released, allowing users to post photos captured in any aspect ratio. Users can also apply digital filters to their images. The maximum duration for Instagram videos is 15 seconds.

By Whom Instagram Created or Made?

Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012  and over 300 million as of December 2014. Instagram is distributed through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone Store. Support for the app is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android handsets, while third-party Instagram apps are available for Blackberry 10 and Nokia-Symbian Devices.

How to Create Instagram Account?

You can create Instagram account into two ways. First way using your phone number and second way using your email address. It is your wish whether you use your phone number or email address. Any kind of email address you can type there. That’s not a problem that should be Yahoo, Gmail or Microsoft Account. Okay, let’s start how to create Instagram account for the first time?

Step #1. In order to create an Instagram account, you have to download it from the stores which I have told you right above. Instagram is available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. First download it on your device then we will show you the way of creating account. Now click on Instagram app then you will be asked for Signup or Login. Here we are going to show you how to create Instagram account for the first time so we choose to sign up.

Sign up for Instagram

Step #2. First-way signup with phone number. If you have phone number click on signup with email or phone number. Find your country then type your cell, click Next.

Add Phone Number

Step #3. You will receive a six-digit code by message. Type the code on the area that is needed and now you have to click Next. If you did not get the code just press on Resend code. Instagram once again will send you a confirmation code.

Enter Confirmation Code

Step #4. Choose a name for your Instagram or Press skip to skip this process.

Type Name

Step #5. Write Username for your instagram then click on Next button.

Type Username

Step #6. Type the password of Instagram. Try to use complex password. It should be more than 8 characters, upper case letter, lower case letter and symbols like (!@#$%^&*).

Type The Password

Now select profile Photo. You have three options to work with. First import from Facebook. Those photos which you have shared on facebook, you can import from those photo directly into Instagram. Select take photo directly it use from your phone camera or choose from library, it will insert from your gallery. Whatever you want just do it. If you don’t want to choose profile photo simply click on Skip button and top right hand side.

Profile Photos

Now just press Skip button quit this step. If you connect to facebook those thing that you post on Instagram you directly it will post on your facebook page as well. It will be connected to your facebook but they will not post anything without your permission.

Find Facebook Friends

How to Create Instagram Account using Email Address?

As I mentioned a little bit earlier that you can create Instagram into two ways, through phone number and through email address. This time I wanna tell you the second way, via email address. So Now press on Instagram app then click on Sign up.

Sign up for Instagram account

Step #2. Type your Email Address. It’s very easy and simple way rather than the first way. You are going to write your email then hit Next button.

Add Email Address

The other steps are the same first way that I have told you. Okay, It was all about how to create Instagram on android devices. I hope that you have got something.

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