Meanings
instadad1
Instadad2
plural Instadads
- informalA father who runs an Instagram account focused on his child or children or fatherhood in general.
With Instadads making their mark on social media, Catherine Hudson checks out their must-haves
2017 March, Catherine Hudson, “Who's the daddy?”, in Gurgle, page 812 more examples
The Instadad (@therealburrmartin) has more followers than his daughter, standing at almost 153,000.
2018 March 1, “5 questions for...Instadad Burr Martin”, in Big Daddy, page 11As torchbearers for an unapologetically involved form of fatherhood, the Instadads congregate, share advice, and provide support to each other, as well as a growing audience of male and female parents on Instagram.
2020, Mario Campana, Astrid Van den Bossche, Bryoney Miller, “#dadtribe: Performing Sharenting Labourto Commercialise Involved Fatherhood”, in Journal of Macromarketing, volume 40, number 4
Origin
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instadad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instadad
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