Instagram Swaps Square Profile Grids For Rectangles
Instagram users may have noticed their profile grid is now displaying their photos in rectangle format rather than square. For some photographers, the change has wreaked havoc with their carefully curated profile.
Last summer, PetaPixel reported that Instagram was testing the change but the Meta platform has now rolled it out to all users.
“I know some of you really like your squares. And square photos are sort of the heritage of Instagram. But at this point, most of what’s uploaded, both photos and videos, are vertical in their orientation,” Mosseri says in an Instagram story.
“But at this point, most of what’s uploaded, both photos and videos, are vertical in their orientation. And it just is a bummer to overly crop them. I know it’s a change. I know it’s a bit of a pain, but I think it’s a transitional pain.”
One analog photographer took to Reddit to complain “my nice square-frame aspect ratio that I set to make my 6×6 and 35mm look nice in preview is now all for nothing.”
