If you don't want to request to follow a private Instagram account, there are other ways to view images associated with a private account.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has announced that as part of a test, some Instagram users will be able to try a new menu bar in the app with a different arrangement of tabs. Notably, the new menu bar has dedicated tabs for both Reels and DMs,

Teens on Instagram continue to face safety issues on the platform, according to new research, despite enhanced protections for young users rolled out more than a year ago. A new report shared exclusively with TIME suggests the safeguards that Instagram’s parent company Meta rolled out last year have failed to stem safety issues for teens.

The size of your Instagram post will vary depending on how you upload the photo or video, and whether it's in landscape or portrait orientation.

Instagram is exploring building a dedicated TV app as part of a deeper push into video, a move that could get Instagram videos in front of more viewers and also provide more competition for YouTube, which already makes it very easy to watch videos on a television.

A decade and a half after redefining creativity online, Instagram’s newest award highlights its biggest contradiction — it celebrates creators but rarely sustains them.

Moss said about 80% of the Locket users who have been posting photo dumps every week are Gen Alpha (which Locket defines as between 13 and 17, including some Gen Z cuspers). The age group accounts for 49% of the app's US users. Locket has about 9 million global daily active users, per the company, and over 90 million downloads since launch.

The creator awards arrive as Instagram transitions to a video-first platform. Winners will receive physical rings designed by Grace Wales Bonner and a digital ring around their profile pictures.

On October 14, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, will sit down with TODAY co-anchor, Craig Melvin, to exclusively reveal changes coming to the platform. If you’re a parent that has a question for Adam Mosseri, please submit a video, in the form below.