Alana suspects that portrait is succeeding for the same reason that landscape photos — which, on Instagram, look more like narrow thumbnails than dramatic landscapes — have been less effective.

One in five photos or videos on Instagram show up with annoying whitespace around them because people use other apps to letterbox their landscape or portrait imagery to fit in Instagram's square ...

Instagram’s square profile grid is legendary. It’s been a hallmark of the social media platform ever since the decision was made to focus on image sharing and the name Instagram was adopted ...

Somerville resident Charan Devereaux has chronicled the people and places in the square over the past year. More than 70 of her portraits are featured in a new exhibit, “Union Square at Work ...

“You can now share photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientation on Instagram,” the online application announced on its website. Square format images have been a part of ...