Tech Tips: How to Create or Use Instagram Close Friend feature?
Tech Tips: How to Create or Use Instagram Close Friend feature?

Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking owned by Facebook. It was developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched on 6 October 2010. In starting phase it was only for IOS after 2012 it was launched in Android.
It's popularity increasing day by day in the world around 1 Billion active user of Instagram worldwide. There are an estimated 105 Million Instagram users in the United States and a forecast say it can go up to 130 Million in 2022.
What is the feature that makes it the most popular social networking app?
It gives the user to great features like create custom stickers, archive posts, selfie stickers and many features that make it most popular.
Instagram Close Friend Feature

Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking owned by Facebook. It was developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and launched on 6 October 2010. In starting phase it was only for IOS after 2012 it was launched in Android.
It's popularity increasing day by day in the world around 1 Billion active user of Instagram worldwide. There are an estimated 105 Million Instagram users in the United States and a forecast say it can go up to 130 Million in 2022.
What is the feature that makes it the most popular social networking app?
It gives the user to great features like create custom stickers, archive posts, selfie stickers and many features that make it most popular.
Instagram Close Friend Feature
However, sometimes you might want to post a story without all your Instagram followers seeing it, say if you’re on holiday or you're out for drinks and don't want your boss to know.
Now you can share your favorite Instagram Stories posts with a few select people, thanks to the app’s new Close Friends Feature.
“Instagram Stories has become the place to express yourself and share everyday moments, but our community has grown — sometimes what you want to share isn't for everyone. With Close Friends, you have the flexibility to share more personal moments with a smaller group that you choose,” said Instagram.
How to create Close Friends on Instagram Stories?
- Go to your profile and tap on “Close Friends” in the side menu
- Here, you can add the select people you want to only see certain Instagram posts
- When you share a picture or video on Stories, you have the option to share with just the people on the Close Friends list
- Select this option and share the posts you want, without everyone on the platform being able to see them.

Some Interesting Facts of Instagram and How they achieve this popularity.
- Instagram was launched in Oct 2010 by Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger with exclusively in iOS.
- In Dec 2010 Instagram His 1Million Users. and In Jan 2011 Instagram added # Feature.
- In Sep 2011 Instagram hits 10 Million Users. And then, in April 2012 Instagram was launched in Android Platform. With it 1 million Sign-ups in 24 Hours. And surprise everyone Instagram acquired by Facebook for $1 Billion.
- Instagram launched in 25 languages.
- In Feb 2013 Instagram hits 100 million users.
- After launching great features like live video streaming, IG stories, GO live with friends, face filter live, GIF stickers.
- In Jan 2018 Instagram hits 1 Billion active users and then introduced Instagram TV
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