Kevin Systrom is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded Instagram and served as its CEO until his resignation in September 2018. Kevin Systrom's Twitter Score is 120 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #5,478 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Kevin Systrom co-founded Instagram, which began as a location-sharing app called Burbn before pivoting to photo sharing. He closed a $500,000 seed round with Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz in the early stages of the company. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, at which point Systrom held a 40% stake. He resigned from Instagram in September 2018. Kevin Systrom also co-founded Nokto, Inc.
Kevin Systrom previously served as CEO of Artifact, an AI-powered news app launched in 2023. Artifact was discontinued in 2024, and Yahoo acquired it in April 2024, incorporating its technology into Yahoo News. Kevin Systrom has published 403 posts on the platform and has 124,036 followers as of August 2026. Kevin Systrom has been mentioned by 333 accounts, with 645 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Kevin Systrom include 566 founders, 163 angel investors, 65 influencers and 14 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier, David Sacks, Alexis Ohanian and Jason Choi.