When I open Instagram that is still connected to all my old friends, class mates, travel buddies and whatever I get 90% third party ads and 10% posts that might even be a few months old, and most of that is just "look at me" type of content.

So I have to assume it's dead

Same here. Also interesting how defensive people seem to get when they are somehow stuck using these networks trough their social circle or area

Central Europe here myself (Switzerland to be precise) signal and telegram are the dominant IM and Instagram is just as dead as Facebook, sure some might use it but nobody expects anyone else to to.

> or any related services.

So nah, most don't. I know some do, but the main socialisation isn't happening there.

I am not forgetting that no. Signal and Telegram are the main drivers and Instagram is just as dead as Facebook itself is.