While it's hard to imagine now, it wasn't that long ago that we lived in a world where you couldn't get a filter-tinged look into the lives of the people around you.

A world where you couldn't get a look at your best friend's breakfast and Chrissy Teigen's vacation before starting your day.

A world where Beyoncé announced her pregnancy during a performance at the VMAs and not with a highly stylized photo shoot.

A world without Instagram.

Over the last six years, Instagram has only grown and allowed us (and our favorite celebrities) to create even more glamorous and stylized images and videos.

But that being said, Instagram also has a long memory. So let's take a look back at some of our favorite celebrities' first posts, to see how far we've really come.

1. Chrissy Teigen

A post shared by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) on Mar 3, 2012 at 9:45pm PST

Even back in 2012, Chrissy Teigen knew we wanted to see more of John Legend looking happy.

2. Beyoncé

on Nov 6, 2012 at 2:13pm PST

Beyoncé's first Instagram post is beautiful, political and just plain perfect. Like her, really.

3. Kristen Bell

 

A post shared by kristen bell (@kristenanniebell) on Feb 16, 2016 at 9:40pm PST

Her account is only a year old but in that year Kristen Bell very effectively made us fall in love with her relationship with Dax Shepard.

4. Kim Kardashian

A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Feb 19, 2012 at 9:43pm PST

Turns out Queen of the Selfie Kim Kardashian hadn't quite mastered the filter back in 2012.

5. Chris Pratt

on Mar 11, 2012 at 2:36pm PDT

It seems becoming the box office behemoth he is today hasn't changed much.

6. Taylor Swift

A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Oct 26, 2011 at 10:11am PDT

Taylor Swift's grandmother was the original member of her squad back in 2011.

7. Katy Perry

A post shared by KATY PERRY (@katyperry) on Jun 14, 2013 at 7:05am PDT

In the almost four years since this was posted, Katy Perry's learned she doesn't need to zoom in so much.

8. Lady Gaga

 

on Jun 20, 2012 at 8:48pm PDT

Lady Gaga gave a very early #nomakeup selfie.

9. Jennifer Lopez

A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) on May 17, 2013 at 5:09pm PDT

Even back in 2013, Jennifer Lopez understood the promotional power of Instagram.

10. Pharrell

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on Dec 19, 2012 at 12:06pm PST

Pharrell looked so happy back in 2012. (That said, he kind of looks happy all the time.)

11. Mariah Carey

A post shared by Mariah Carey (@mariahcarey) on Jul 15, 2012 at 9:12pm PDT

Mariah Carey, of course, has only gotten more fabulous over the years. But she was starting from a pretty high base.

12. Britney Spears

A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on Nov 2, 2011 at 9:42am PDT

Britney Spears…really wanted to make sure everyone knew she loved the band The Wanted.

13. Madonna

A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) on Nov 8, 2012 at 6:36am PST

But where's Madonna?

14. Blake Lively

A post shared by Blake Lively (@blakelively) on Jul 25, 2014 at 4:06pm PDT

Preserve may be closed but Blake Lively's Instagram lives on.

15. Channing Tatum

A post shared by Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) on Feb 21, 2012 at 9:30pm PST

Channing Tatum understood #relationshipgoals pretty early on.

16. Reese Witherspoon

A post shared by Reese Witherspoon (@reesewitherspoon) on May 12, 2013 at 7:48am PDT

Reese Witherspoon gives some great advice here. Always thank mom first.

17. Solange

on Feb 12, 2013 at 1:30pm PST

As usual, Solange understands how to do something right the first time around.

18. Zoe Saldana

A post shared by Zoe Saldana (@zoesaldana) on Jul 4, 2014 at 8:48pm PDT

Zoe Saldana brought the fun from the get-go.

19. Eva Mendes

A post shared by Eva Mendes (@evamendes) on Mar 12, 2015 at 4:05pm PDT

Eva Mendes knew from the beginning that a throwback post can be a powerful tool.

20. Lena Dunham

A post shared by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) on Nov 24, 2011 at 4:32pm PST

Lena Dunham proves food posts have always been important.

21. Lupita Nyong'o

A post shared by Lupita Nyong'o (@lupitanyongo) on Dec 8, 2013 at 10:22am PST

Lupita Nyong'o wins. Having Oprah in your first post is as good as it gets.