What is Instagram’s stock price, and are they publicly traded? Investors cannot purchase Instagram but their parent company (NASDAQ: META), commonly known as Facebook.
If there’s ever been a good investment, buying Instagram stock is it. According to Bloomberg, Instagram’s estimated worth is over $100 billion. With numbers like this, you should be clamoring to buy Instagram stock or at least wondering how to get your hands on a piece of the profits. If you’re nodding your head, you’re not alone.
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Instagram Introduction (No Stock Symbol)
Over two years ago, Instagram’s mobile photo-sharing network reached the 1 billion monthly active user mark (TechCrunch, 2018).
With a user base like this, it is no surprise that the Instagram app is one of the most popular social networks in the world. And their ad revenues are just as impressive! With the uncertainty of TikTok, Instagram could dominate social media.
Instagram stocks would be as hot as the app if they had stock. Unfortunately, we traders can’t buy a ticker for Instagram directly. However, there is a way to get around this. Facebook owns Instagram. Therefore, by owning Facebook, \$META, you’re indirectly owning a piece of one of the hottest social media networks out there.
In 2019, Instagram pulled in $20 billion. Yes, billion! It’s projected that their Q3 2020 revenues could soar to as much as $7 billion.
Coupled with money rolling in faster than during Pablo Escobar’s heyday, owning Instagram stocks is every investor’s dream.
Overview of Instagram Stock
Instagram is a photo and short-video-sharing social network for those living under a rock. Founded in 2010 by Michel Krieger, a software engineer, and Kevin Systrom, a former Google employee, IG took the world by storm.
Ironically enough, the idea came to Systrom during a holiday in Mexico. During this time, his partner complained that the photos on her iPhone 4 were not of a standard to share.
With no filters, I don’t blame her. Kevin’s solution was to apply filters to her pictures, which quickly became IG’s selling point. Before the filter idea, Systrom and Krieger developed a location-sharing social platform called Burbn.
With that, they added a photo-sharing feature, and IG was born. In April 2012, Facebook purchased Instagram for a staggering $1 billion. To say Instagram was a hit is an understatement.
Instagram rapidly became one of the world’s biggest and most influential social media platforms. By June 2018, the platform had hit 1 billion monthly active users. Perhaps another critical point about Instagram is its role in 21st-century popular culture.
Many popular users (the Kardashian clan) are called ‘influencers.’ The name is apt, with followers of these popular users as they’re being, well…influenced.
It’s too bad we can’t influence some Instagram stocks into our portfolio, right? We have to look for shares of something else instead. But we don’t have to look too far.
Instagram Numbers
A little over seven years ago, in June 2013, Instagram had 130 million monthly active users. Since then, it’s grown an impressive ten times.
That’s a major milestone for the mobile photo-sharing network! More than 500 million active users are using the platform daily.
At this point, it’s safe to say that almost everyone uses Instagram. Ok, not “everyone,” but you get my point.
So whether you want Popeyes stock price or Instagram stocks, as traders, we’re looking for what’s hot and trying to make money on that.
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Five Impressive Facts About Instagram
- Instagram has over 1 billion monthly users, with more than 500 million of them using the platform daily (Statistia, 2018)
- Instagram brought in $2 billion in ad revenue in Q2 2018 (Bloomberg)
- If Instagram were a stand-alone company, it would be worth more than $100 billion (Bloomberg Intelligence)
- Instagram is estimated to have brought in $2 billion in ad revenue in Q2 2018; this could rise to as much as $7 billion by Q3 2020
- Instagram helps 80% of users decide whether to buy a product or service (Facebook, 2019)
How to Buy Instagram Stock
Sorry, but you can’t. But there’s hope yet. Since Facebook owns Instagram, you can’t buy Instagram stock directly. As I mentioned, Facebook purchased Instagram eight years ago for $1 billion.
Shortly after, Facebook opened an initial public offering of over 400 million shares of Instagram stock for $38 per share. The main point is that if you want to buy Instagram stock, you must invest in Facebook. Facebook is one of the hugest growth stocks in the world.
How Do You Invest in Facebook?
Luckily, you can easily buy shares on Facebook. All you need to do is open a brokerage account, slip some money in, and decide how many shares you want to buy. When writing, \$META is trading at \$269 a share.
Don’t let this deter you, as you can control 100 shares for a few hundred dollars. You’re probably wondering how that is possible. The answer is options.
Options are relatively cheap and allow you to control 100 shares. If you had to buy 100 shares at \$239, that would be \$239,000. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have that kind of cash laying out.
I won’t bore you with all the details, but Bullish Bears has a simple, step-by-step course available here if you’re interested in trading options. Oh, I forgot to mention that it’s free!
Trading options don’t need to be complicated. We will teach you, in easy-to-understand language, options trading strategies that you can quickly learn and apply.
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Other Options
Since Instagram is not an independent company or listed independently on the exchange, it’s impossible to estimate its stock price.
If you’re looking for a social media company to invest in that isn’t Facebook or Twitter, check out Pinterest.
Once again, we don’t have an Instagram stock symbol. However, Facebook is currently listed on NASDAQ, the American stock exchange, and has a ticker symbol that says “$META.” If there were a symbol, it would probably be $INSTA.
Final Thoughts: Instagram Stock
If you haven’t purchased stock in your life or are contemplating trading, don’t stress. Please don’t get bogged down, picking the “perfect” strategy to win big.
Your goal in the early days is just to become familiar with the fundamental concepts of trading, which are similar across all securities. You want to know how to trade stocks with confidence.
“If you can learn one strategy, where you start doesn’t matter nearly as much as you might think.”
So pick one —the common ones for newbies are ABCD pattern, bull flag momentum, VWAP, reversal, opening range breakouts, and moving average trend trading—and dive in.
You can switch around later, as I did. Or you can try a few and see which ones “take” better with your thinking style.
I prefer reversal trading —it’s cleaner and clearer, to my eyes, so I’ve stuck with it. Stop looking for the perfect strategy; pick one and stick with it.
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Instagram doesn't have a stock symbol. However, their parent company META does. They are formally known as Facebook.
Instagram does not have shares to purchase. Their parent company, META, has shares to purchase, currently trading at $325.85.
Instagram is currently owned by Meta, which is formally known as Facebook.
