Instagram System Architecture — Interactive Visualization

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Instagram System Architecture

TAO Social Graph, Hybrid Fan-Out, Media Transcoding, Reels ML & Live HLS

Step 1 / 19

Phase 1 • Media Upload

1. Client Auth & Edge Routing

Component Inspector

Mobile Client

StateIdle

ProtocolHTTP/3 + WSS

In Portuser action

Out PortHTTP/WSS request