instagram.com Lookup
- Status
- Active
- Expires
- 2034-06-04
- Expires in 2805 days
- Registered
- 2004-06-04
- Domain age
- 22 years
instagram.com is registered through RegistrarSafe, LLC, and its current term runs until 4 June 2034. No one else can register it unless it lapses.
Checked 28 September 2026 over RDAPWho owns instagram.com?
instagram.com is registered to Instagram LLC through RegistrarSafe, LLC, as named in the public registration record.
instagram.com is the home of Instagram, the photo and video sharing app owned by Meta.
The record was created on 4 June 2004 and last updated on 25 June 2025.
- Registrant org
- Instagram LLC
- Registrar
- RegistrarSafe, LLC
- IANA ID
- 3237
- Created
- 2004-06-04
- Last updated
- 2025-06-25
- Registry expiry
- 2034-06-04
- DNSSEC
- Unsigned
Show 6 status codes
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clientDeleteProhibitedThe remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)
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clientTransferProhibitedAn EPP status that blocks the domain from being transferred to another registrar. It is a lock, not a problem, and most registrars set it by default. clientTransferProhibited
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clientUpdateProhibitedThe remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)
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serverDeleteProhibitedThe remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)
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serverTransferProhibitedAn EPP status that blocks the domain from being transferred to another registrar. It is a lock, not a problem, and most registrars set it by default. clientTransferProhibited
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serverUpdateProhibitedThe remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)
Unchanged since 28 September 2026.
When does instagram.com expire?
instagram.com's current registration runs until 4 June 2034. Expires in 2805 days.
The owner can renew at any time before then, which moves the date forward by the renewal term. Large brands usually renew years ahead.
- Registered
- Grace period 45 days
- Redemption 30 days
- Pending delete 5 days
- Released
What happens if it isn't renewed?
An unrenewed .com name passes through fixed phases before it is released: a 45-day grace period in which the owner can still renew at the normal price, a 30-day redemption period in which recovery costs a fee on top of renewal, then 5 days pending delete, when no one can renew or register it. The durations are the .com registry's published figures.
When could it drop?
Only if it is not renewed. The earliest it could be released is 23 August 2034, if every phase runs its full length.
Is instagram.com available to register?
No. instagram.com is registered, so a registration attempt today would fail.
It only becomes available if the owner lets it lapse and it clears every phase above. Domain Watch checks the name twice a day and sends one email the day it is released.
How old is instagram.com?
instagram.com is 22 years old: it was first registered on 4 June 2004.
The creation date is when the current registration began. A name that dropped and was re-registered gets a new creation date, so this counts continuous registration, not first use.
Milestones
- 6 October 2010
- Instagram launches on the iPhone.
- 9 April 2012
- Facebook agrees to acquire Instagram, and instagram.com with it, for about $1 billion.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
What are instagram.com's DNS records?
instagram.com is served by 4 nameservers and publishes 2 address records and 4 MX records.
Its nameservers are classed as Host DNS.
- Nameservers
- a.ns.instagram.com b.ns.instagram.com c.ns.instagram.com d.ns.instagram.com
- A
- 157.240.205.174
- AAAA
- 2a03:2880:f213:e4:face:b00c::4420
- MX
- 10 mxa-00082601.gslb.pphosted.com 10 mxb-00082601.gslb.pphosted.com 20 mx0a-00082601.pphosted.com 20 mx0b-00082601.pphosted.com
- SPF
- v=spf1 include:facebookmail.com include:_spf.fb.com -all
- DMARC
- v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:[email protected]; pct=100
Show 10 TXT records
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- google-site-verification=_iQgLr68Rdg7YnN2PqOljSG5dnWOFUUXISF9R77fs5c
- ms=ms86975275
- 4cbb1b68-601f-4801-8e7f-e8f68a4a41dd
- _yvfspgyfwcjnwgopowc9qjme14c32od
- hyWdekepiNsp/V9b1JCR+wZDdzbESurl4GqY+FLMfiN+7aeFaway0Art+kNDHeL5OnGZipNeV/iIC+lOONSQVQ==
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- slack-domain-verification=2Sz3t8oHDaRB4aVudl36MIwEdb1XSR751nZGiDFv
Unchanged since 28 September 2026.
Does instagram.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes. instagram.com serves a certificate issued by DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1, valid until 4 October 2026.
Expiring Soon- Issuer
- DigiCert Global G2 TLS RSA SHA256 2020 CA1
- Valid from
- 2026-07-06
- Valid until
- 2026-10-04
Unchanged since 28 September 2026.
Is instagram.com down right now?
This record covers instagram.com's registration, DNS and certificate, read once a day. It does not test whether the website is responding right now.
On 28 September 2026 its nameservers answered. Its certificate validated on 28 September 2026.
A name that is registered, answers DNS and serves a valid certificate but still will not load has a hosting or server problem, not a registration one.
Monitor your own domains the same way: expiry, status, DNS and SSL, with an alert the day any of them changes.