2020-11-04: How well is Instagram archived?
Figure 1: Snapshots of Katy Perry’s account page on the three leading social media platforms: Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter . A little bit about Instagram In 2020, social media is considered as one of the most popular ways for people to connect with one another. Instagram (IG or Insta) is a photo and video-sharing social networking service and is the 6th most popular social network worldwide, with over 1 billion active users. It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and was originally launched on iOS in October 2010. It remained independent until Facebook acquired it in 2012 . Recent statistics show that about six in 10 Instagram users log in at least once daily , making it the second most logged-in social media site for daily use after Facebook. Katy Perry as a proxy for all of Instagram In this study, I am using Katy Perry’s Instagram account as a proxy for all of Instagram. She created her Instagram account in 2012 and as of Oct 1, 2020, she is the 20th most popula