The company behind Instapaper
Instant Paper, Inc
Instapaper is made by Instant Paper, Inc., the company that took it over from Pinterest in 2018. Its About page says almost all of its revenue comes from Instapaper Premium subscriptions, with a smaller part from ads shown to free users on the website and from weekly email sponsorships.
instapaper.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Instapaper at a glance
- Founded
- 2018
- Team
- A small team, in its own words
- Ownership
- Privately held
Who runs Instapaper
The people Instant Paper, Inc names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Instapaper funding
No outside funding announced. Its About page says the team's goal is a long-term, sustainable business without venture capital, paid for by the product's own revenue. instapaper.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Its About page says Instapaper was spun out of Pinterest in 2018 as an independent company, Instant Paper, Inc., and that Brian Donohue has independently owned and operated it since. instapaper.com
- Founded
- 2018 instapaper.com
- Team
- A small team, in its own words instapaper.com
Instapaper on social media and the web
- Blog · blog.instapaper.com
Only accounts Instant Paper, Inc links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Instant Paper, Inc
The ways Instant Paper, Inc publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Instapaper news and launches
- Sep 29, 2026Instapaper API v2
- Aug 11, 2026Instapaper in your Palma
- Jul 28, 2026New Website, Instapaper 10 for iOS, and AI Voices for Android
- Mar 31, 2026Relaunching the Instaparser API
Media kit
The Instant Paper, Inc media kit
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Questions about Instapaper the company
Who runs Instapaper?
Instant Paper, Inc's pages name Brian Donohue (Owner and operator) and Marco Arment (Created Instapaper in 2008). None of them is named as chief executive on the pages read, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
When was Instapaper founded?
Instant Paper, Inc was founded in 2018, according to instapaper.com.
How much funding has Instapaper raised?
No outside funding announced. Its About page says the team's goal is a long-term, sustainable business without venture capital, paid for by the product's own revenue.
What is Instapaper's valuation?
No valuation was found in Instant Paper, Inc's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Instapaper?
Privately held. Its About page says Instapaper was spun out of Pinterest in 2018 as an independent company, Instant Paper, Inc., and that Brian Donohue has independently owned and operated it since.
How many people work at Instapaper?
A small team, in its own words.
Is Instapaper on social media?
Instant Paper, Inc links to its own accounts on X (Twitter) and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from Instant Paper, Inc's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Instant Paper, Inc’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.