The age of each Instagram account is important because it gives you more information about the originality of content and some other things. In this blog, you would know how to find how old your Instagram account is and how to use it.
You as an Instagramer may need account information to grow Instagram account or may need it for any other purpose. Getting the age of the Instagram account is easy and if you search this topic you will lot of ways on the internet. However, I recommend that the best place to get the Instagram account is your Instagram app itself.
The Instagram app will show you the exact date of joining Instagram, the change of usernames, the change of passwords, and other useful data related to your Instagram history.
How old is Instagram itself?
The Instagram app was created on Oct. 6, 2010, and reached 25,000 users in one day. At the end of the first week, Instagram had been downloaded more than 100,000 times, and by mid of December, the number of users had reached 1 million.
How to see when you joined Instagram
If you are wondering how old is your Instagram account, it is very simple and you no need any other extra app or tools for it. Instagram account information can be easily tracked through the app, and you would have all the necessary information over there.
To see when you joined Instagram you should go to Profile>Three-line icon>Setting>Security>Access Data>Account Info>Date joined.
To find out how old is your Instagram account on the phone:
- Open the Instagram app
- Go to your profile
- Tap on the three-line icon (burger icon) on top right
- Tap on Security
- Go to Access Data
- Find the join date just under the Account Info>Date joined.
To find the date of your Instagram account on the browser:
- Open Instagram from web
- Go to your profile
- Tap on setting (gear icon) on top right
- Go to Privacy and Security
- Go to Access Data
- Find the join date just under Account Info
How to know when an Instagram account was created?
You can see when others joined Instagram only if the account is public, a business or creator account, and are identified as ORIGINAL by Instagram.
- Open Instagram and go to that person profile you are going to know the date of joining
- Go to the three-dot icon on top right
- Go to “about this account” *
- Find the date of joining to Instagram
*keep in mind that the creation of the account is only available for some accounts. Most probably those who are original or they have lots of fans and followers, for example more than 10K followers.
Instagram creation date checker/age finder
There are many tools available on the internet that primed you to give the age of the Instagram account. However, I hereby admit that you no need extra tools like Instagram creation date checker or instream age and you can see this information for you and others (if they have more than lots of fan, for example 10K followers or they are identified as ORIGINAL by Instagram) easily from Instagram.
Though checking the age of the Instagram account is available for all users of business and personal account, but if you want o check others account information is also possible. Though, that person should have more than 10K followers on Instagram. Then, Instagram makes it available for all users to see its date joined.
- You can tap on the three-dot icon on top of their profile
- Then you would see “about this account”
- Find the “Date joined”
Instagram account information and activity
There are also some other data available on Instagram except date joined and country. You can see the list of this information in the picture below. You can access this data through the Instagram setting on your profile.
To see Instagram account information
- Open Instagram
- Go to your profile
- Tap on setting (gear icon on browser or burger icon on phone) on top right
- Go to Privacy and Security
- Go to Access Data
There is some other information like username change history or country of activity.
The account holders can hide the country. Though, owners cannot remove the date of joining to Instagram and previous users’ names (since 2017).
