Instagram is an online photo-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures, apply digital filters to it, and share them on a variety of social networking service. Such media sites include Facebook or Twitter. A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched in October, 2010. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million registered users (and around 90 million monthly active users) as of January 2013. Instagram is distributed through the App Store and Google Play. Support was originally available for only the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch; in April 2012, support was added for Android camera phones running 2.2 Froyo. Instagram has no plans to offer Windows Phone support. By December 2010, Instagram had 1 million registered users. In June 2011 Instagram announced it had 5 million users and it passed ten million in September of the same year. In April 2012, it was announced that over 30 million accounts were set up on the social network. Instagram announced that 100 million photographs had been uploaded to its service as of July 2011. This total reached 150 million in August 2011. Recently made headlines with its efforts to keep the "Insta-universe" as a positive space and has prohibited any hashtags or photographs that promote self-harm. There are basic Terms of Use that Services. By May 2012 58 photographs were being uploaded and a new user was being gained each second. The total number of photographs uploaded had exceeded one billion. In my opinion Instagram is a refuge for all of us young adults who want to run away from the adults taking over Facebook.