You all surely know how much we love Instagram here – we’ve practically been shouting it from the rafters for the last few weeks. Not without good reason – we are promoting our latest eBook (hint: it's on the <a href="#" title="#">LINK</a<a href="http://www.thebeginnerslens.com" title="The Beginners Lens Home Page">home page</a>), but you already knew that right? Anyway, back to Instagram – there is one little drawback to our beloved insta-polaroid app…there is (as of today) no official web interface from the developers at Instagram. All browsing and Instagram activities are done directly within the app. We’ve already covered a good selection of Instagram apps, so we thought it might also be useful to go through a selection of Instagram websites to enhance your Instagram experience. 

Here are a few popular Instagram web browsers and what we think is great about them. Most web browsers offer variations on the same features such as photo browsing, follow / unfollow, like, and searching. But there’s a few that offer extra little bits of awesome, and we think they’re definitely worth checking out.  

<h4>Statigram</h4>

Statigram is particularly cool as you can…no surprise here…get fun statistics for Instagram photos. Wanna know which photo had the most likes? Which photo filters triggered the most comments? Your posting habits? The reciprocal relationship of your followers? Statigram can tell you all of those things…this is the Instagram web browser for number crunchers and other statistical bods.  

 

<h4>Cartagram</h4>

Cartagram offers a really neat photo-mosaic map view of the photos on Instagram. It’s essentially the world map according to Instagram! Zoom in and out from the map, search for a specific location around the world, or use your current location to see a selection of photos taken near you. Sure, there’s 

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<h4>Instagrid</h4> 

Ok – this one is a little bit obvious, but Instagrid organizes your Instagram photos (and everyone else’s) into a grid! It is Instagram simplicity at it’s best…clean, well-organized and easy to navigate. 

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<h4>Instagreat!</h4>

Instead of browsing photos in a grid or other type of block viewer, Instagreat actually shows photos in a scrolling feed going from left to right. It is at first glance a popular photo viewer, but as you see a photo you like the look of, double clicking on that photo will bring up a secondary left to right scrolling feed of that Instagramer’s photos. It seems a little bit complicated at first, but actually as you get into viewing this way the stacking, scrolling bars seem to be quite intuitive. If you’re a fan of iTunes scrolling album view then this web viewer is for you!  

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<h3>And a few fun ones thrown in for good measure…</h3>

<h4>Pic A Fight</h4> 

This is the virtual “who took it better”, a bit like the infamous "who wore it better" competition for photos…it’s essentially a head to head battle where you can vote on which photo you like best. Pic a Fight actually keeps track of who wins and loses and creates a leader board of all the best photos and photographers. Want to know the most evil part about this little browser? As you search through photographers you can actually send their photos to “Battle”. Muahahahahaha. 

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<h4>Instacat</h4>

Instacat is the virtual crazy cat lady who lived next door, and this nut job has got millions of cats! OK – we may have been a little harsh there, but don’t let the catty-ness of this site fool you, Instacat is actually a hashtag browser, and it’s not just limited to cats. If cats aren’t your thing, then just use the search field in the top right of the browser to find your preferred neurosis.  

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