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 118 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #5,630 (top 5%) among 493,668 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 123,858 followers as of October 2026. Kevin Systrom has been mentioned by 335 accounts, with 654 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Kevin Systrom include 576 founders, 164 angel investors, 65 influencers and 13 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier, David Sacks, Alexis Ohanian and Jason Choi.