
But above the grid, if you choose, you can now offer a sort of mixtape of your Instagram Stories, which the company hopes will help you give fans an even better sense of who you are.įrom now on, every story you capture will automatically download to your Instagram archive. Don't panic: The image grid is still there, and it's still three by three. Starting today, Instagram profiles might start to look a little different. And as Instagram's popularity continues exploding, that impression matters more than ever. Are you an insatiable foodie, traversing the world to find the best bite? Are you always on-trend, always well-lit, always wearing the very latest? Do you have kids? Do you selfie? On a platform that encourages every post to be perfect and beautiful for maximum engagement, you can tell a lot about someone's priorities from their image grid.

If you're ever in the mood for a minor existential crisis, go through your Instagram profile and try to decipher what it says about you.
