Imgur is the easiest way to discover the magic of the Internet, with everything from funny pics of pets, to funny GIFs from movies and TV shows, LOL pics, awe-inspiring science facts, puns, comics, and art, chosen by people like you. Guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and make you LOL your pants off – is that an expression? It is now.
Imgur isn’t just the best meme app or GIF viewer on the internet. It’s home to all the funny photos and viral videos you could ever want. We have the finest collection of cat videos found anywhere in the known galaxy.
Memes, glorious memes. Funny memes, vintage memes, trending memes and then just the straight up weird and wonderful ones – we’ve literally got a meme for every occasion.
You like funny cats? We got you, fam. You prefer cute cat pictures? We also got you. You like comics about cats? You get the picture. Go ahead, geek out with your pics out. It’s hard to know when you’ve communicated purely through memes for the past ten years.
Got funny videos on your phone? Perfect, because in a groundbreaking development, the Imgur team is also pleased to announce ‘GIFs With Sound’ also known in other quarters of the web as “video”.
Wow, you really got this far? You deserve a sweet, sweet prize… go ahead and hit “install”.
Have been happily using the app for years but I’m at the point where it’s basically unusable. After just a few minutes of browsing, the lag makes it impossible to continue. You can barely scroll any longer and if you do happen to click on a video, be prepared for disappointment at never getting to finish it due to lag. Sometimes, when you click on a post, you are taken to a completely different post. Dumps don’t load, just a black screen. Awful.
The app crashes constantly. A few years ago, the app was perfectly fine. But uploading is now a hassle. And they got rid of the option to add a photo to an already existing album. It freezes up. Pictures post in random order. Or you upload multiple pictures, but for some reason the same picture is repeating. It’s pathetic. How hard is it to do better? It was completely fine years ago until ofc PicsArt bought it. And we all know PicsArt sucks as well. Do better.
As much as I want to like this app, it’s just terrible. Constantly crashing, failing to properly load pages and freezing up, loading the wrong pages when you click on an image… but the ads load just fine and play while you wait for a frozen page to load. Seems to work OK as long as you only look at the front page and never try to scroll down. Just utterly disappointing.
Used to be a good app but a lot of poor design choices were introduced with a whole bunch of bugs. They’ve fixed some (gifs not looping) but still I find th ads continue to play sound even when the app is minimized, can’t seem to close them. The ads are not much of a bother otherwise. Will improved the rating once the audio bugs are fixed.
I’ve lost the fire.. I have been on imgur since before there was an app and now, I’m sick of it. between the constant App crashes and the general decline of the service as a whole begining with the rule crackdowns, then the aggressive advertising, and then a community that doesn’t have competent moderation, the stripping of technical support, and a disgusting lack of concern and or thought with regard to UI functionality, I’m just tired of fighting it. I’ll miss the community.
Click on a post and it goes to a completely different post all the time. Horrible experience. 3/11/22 still horrible. Now there is a stupid ad in the tiny banner at the bottom that plays music. Music doesn’t stop when we changes. Music doesn’t stop when you go to a different app. 11/16/22.
I have put up with a lot from this app. From it eating 80% of my memory, to turning my phone into a furnace, to having to skip every other post because they will not load, to the ads and promoted posts (also ads) every 4th post. I will not put up with banner ads that play sound that cannot be turned off.
Who keeps breaking this app on your side? It was running fine before whatever update y’all did to “fix” the app, but then it became a convoluted mess. I can’t access user sub at all, and before I used to be able to click the photo and access someone’s post, now that doesn’t work at all. If I upvote someone’s post, it sends me half way up the page to the previous post.
Used to be a good app. Last year they’ve made some questionable changes that have made for a less than ideal user experience. They’ve fixed a lot of them, but then new ones are introduced. Most recent is with the latest update as of 9/28/22, Imgur no longer can access my storage so I cannot upload or download. As an avid user, this is creating a lot of issues with my workflow. Please Imgur, fix this issue.
Awful. I downloaded the app, tried to quick create an account with Google services, it didn’t work at all. I make an account with my email, upload 2 pictures, and all of a sudden I can’t upload anymore. I keep getting “Upload Error” every time. What is the point of using an app thats not user friendly to sign up and doesn’t even cover it sole purpose of allowing users to upload images. I deleted this fairly quick.
The app for android is a mess. Problems uploading. After browsing for a while, brings you back to start. Superheats your phone. Ad tracking galore. Randomly closes. CPU hog. Slows to a standstill after a while of browsing. Gifs don’t always load, have to go back and forth between posts and scroll down and up to make them play. Ads load with no problem, but the actual post doesn’t always load. Ads randomly load their target website even when you don’t click it. Please take some pride in your app.
Waste of time for reddit users. UI is designed to keep you in their app and get you to browse content there. Just use the desktop site. Have yet to successfully upload an image. Freezes Forced to “browse” after hitting “upload” then never get a notification, no idea where to find my image. Tons of extra button presses compared to desktop site.
I’ve been using the imgur app for several years now on various Android devices. But then the last month anytime I tried to browse anything, I can see about three posts before the entire app crashes and closes itself. I have uninstalled, rebooted, and then reinstalled multiple times thinking maybe it’s something on my end. But nothing fixes it. I can’t make an upload posts either, I go through all the steps but nothing ever actually manifests.
This app is unusable on Android, made even more frustrating by the fact that you can’t upload images using a mobile browser. I had to install the app, set up a login, “follow” a bunch of topics I wasn’t interested in, and when I could finally upload images, the upload failed. Multiple times. Even after reinstalling.
I’ve been using Imgur for a few years. In the last 2 months this app has had so very many issues. Everything from scrolling issues to completely failing to work. As of right now I can open the app but can’t do anything other than message users. It keeps saying there are technical difficulties. It’s been like this for 3 weeks now. Guess it’s about time I do doom scrolling altogether. Goodbye Imgur.
Used to be fine, now it’s unusable for uploading. I’ve uploaded before, without un/reinstalling, and never had a problem. Now, I go to upload and it says I need to give permissions to the app to access my photos. I go into settings and… they’re already turned on. I go back to Imgur to upload, and I’m still faced with the “we need permissions!” error. So I can’t upload any photos because the app refused to acknowledge that I’ve already given it permissions to access my photos… Cool.
The app has been flagged as a security risk by multiple organizations. I can access the content via the website, but using the app means no images will load anymore. The app is, at this point, broken beyond repair. It needs a total overhaul to address the numerous memory leaks and privacy issues.
The app has such limited functionality. I have issues uploading albums to begin with and I can’t rearrange pictures or anything. I also can’t scroll back through my history without getting an error. I can’t use the mobile site on my phone because it keeps prompting me to use the app. Very unimpressed.
Update: Imgur still has the best mix of content but the app blows and even spits it back in your face… I still love Imgur but… “Let’s make an app that is a hub of GIFs, especially in dumps, that neither loads nor scrolls efficiently” “Let’s make an app that encourages short video clips that result in ‘unexpected video error’ and crashes” I could go on. I get it. It’s free. Yes I use everyday. It still sucks like rush hour on the freeway. Sarah, we deserve better.
Had been using this app for years, but the most recent update is unbearable. I can’t even go through 4-5 posts anymore without just giving up and closing it. Imgur is exclusively images – many animated – it does not work right with scrolling down, especially with the grid gone. Hoping the bad reviews get them to change it back, because I’m uninstalling it right now until it’s no longer garbage.
This app used to be great. Genuinely. But now it’s barely a shell of what we once had. The ads are one thing.. we can get by with the ads. But the layout, general feel, and content have all turned into something that’s barely recognizable any more. If you’d give us the option to go back to previous updates, this would easily be a five star review. I’ve spent literal years on this app/site. But now it’s very clearly time to go. Honestly, good riddance.
Uploading is incredibly finicky. The app is apparently very picky about what images it will let you upload in an album. I know file size and file type are part of it, but there seem to be other factors that mess it up too. And once you’ve attempted to upload an album with an image that isn’t allowed, it doesn’t tell you what’s wrong and it doesn’t cancel the upload. It just gets stuck and you can never upload anything again until you delete the app and reinstall it.
I used to use the app all the time to upload albums but recently it has become totally useless. Images take forever to upload and the app freezes as soon as it’s done uploading. Uninstalling it completely and reinstalling it worked for a little while (having to do that is already totally ridiculous) but now even that isn’t working. At this point I don’t see any reason to bother keeping this app installed.
This app crashes constantly and for no apparent reason. You’ll be reading a post and suddenly you’re staring at your phone’s wallpaper. It also won’t let you swipe or post at times and, if you leave the app at all, or so much as click a picture in it, often you’ll go right back to find yourself on a different post with no way of finding your place again. I love Imgur, but the only thing that works correctly about this app are the damn ads.
Pretty bad. Had fewer issues with an older version. The new one overheats my phone while in use. Then it stays running in the background, draining my battery and sucking data when I’m not near WiFi. I am able to keep it from using data in the background so it solves one of the issues. But then there’s the constant crashing. I can’t read through a longer post without it crashing and going back to the front page and refreshing at least a few times. Half the time, I have to give up on reading it. If they were to fix these issues, this would be a pretty great app. Until then, it’s pretty trash.
lots of little issues with the app. my biggest gripe is how hard it is to view and zoom in on images. zoom is very limited. you have to click on all image and hold it just so, and zoom is still limited in viewer. although developers put a lot of work into this app, the fell into a few traps. arbitrary features over core functionality. you are an image hosting service. make sure you can view, share, and post images easily first and always.
It was great for a long time, and the community is incredible. However the constant crashing and refreshing/boot back to the main page is beyond frustrating. I stuck with it for over a year waiting for things to improve, but it never happened. I can feel the heat radiating off my battery, and the gifs with sound will freeze the phone. Imgur should revert this app back to before they changed the icon, that was the last time it worked correctly.
Honestly the content of the app is good. I love using it to look a memes and cut gifs of animals, but the app itself is absolute trash. Just complete trash. It crashes CONSTANTLY I mean, in less than 10 minutes of use it crashed about 5 times. About every two minutes it’s crashing on me. It’s very frustrating because it takes you to the top of the list of pictures and so I can’t really get back to where I was. Use the desktop version with adblocker because they don’t deserve the funding at this point. Seriously disappointed in how little they care.
This once was a great app, with an easy browsing experience. But ever since they added more ads, the app crashes constantly. If there are a lot of pictures in one post, it crashes. If I scroll to fast, it crashes. If I swipe to quickly, it crashes. I can’t go more than two posts without it crashing. If they fix whatever they did to it, maybe I’ll come back.
I’ve been an Imgurian for a while. I browse it on PC while at work and throughout the day on my phone when I’m not. I’m writing this because of the constant crashes, I can barely scroll through one post without it becoming unresponsive and closing which causes me to lose my place and thus very frustrating when all of a sudden you can find the post anywhere and your stuck going back to the top only to have it crash again within a few memes. Please fix this as I’m tempted to engage in another app, I’m sure many feel this way if they have this problem. Thank you for reading my review I hope it helps!
I used to really enjoy the mobile experience, but as others have noted, the newly permanent banner ad at the bottom of the screen kills some of the experience. It’s most noticable when it blocks part of your view on a gif. On top of that, the app began crashing regularly. Check notifications? Crash. Go back to the app after being away for a bit? Crash. It’s Tuesday evening? Crash. Comments not loading, particularly after adding your own comment, is common. I’m done. Uninstalled.
Had some overheating in the past with dif phones(a year or two ago) but it’s been smooth up until now. Ads don’t even show up on my screen, just the audio of the ad plays in the background. It’s like I clicked on the ad 10 times so I hear the audio on repeat and talking over each other… Very odd and makes the app unusable. I hope they fix it soon. I get all my lit stuff from this community 😭
The app crashes constantly. Occasionally, I will find a post I enjoy reading only to be redirected to the front page after it loads a thousand new images. Needless to say, I can never find the original post I was reading. In addition, the app drains battery incredibly fast and heats the phone up to the point it actually has to force a power down. This site was amazing, but we are losing faith in it as our frustration grows.
The Android app experience is frustrating. You click on a post thumbnail but it takes you to a completely different post (usually the most popular post at the time). This is a consistent problem that has been going on for years and has not been fixed. Interacting with the individual posts is fine… If they open correctly. By the time I deleted the app from my phone, I was noticing that every other thumbnail would not open. The experience was not enjoyable.
They did some kind of update. Now it auto plays multiple video ads at once with the audio overlapping over each other. I hit the home button and it still happens. You have to close to app to make it stop. It’s so counterproductive… I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS BEING ADVERTISED TO ME, Imgur! Seriously thinking of just uninstalling. The ads have been a problem for a while. Slowing it down, making it hard for things to load, but it’s never been bad to THIS extent.
One way to transfer images. The “social media” aspect are drivel to be, but I’m sure other folks should enjoy them. The biggest reason for my low rating is that the app is running in the background when I do not want it to. I have to hard kill it, and the app itself doesn’t turn off easily or really. I also don’t want to be bombarded with random high-rated images from the “public”. Most of that probably comes down to this app not exactly being for me.
I love Imgur. I use it all the time and have a borderline addiction to it. However, the phone app is beyond garbage. I have literally had it crash sometimes back to back within 15 seconds of starting it up. This has been an ongoing issue for years. Do yourself a favor and just use the website on a pc/mac. Jan 9th 2018 – It literally just crashed on me 3 times in a row. Still an ongoing issue.
EDIT: Been almost two years and the app hasn’t improved at all, in fact it’s gotten even worse. Totally unacceptable, I’d say just use the browser, but it looks like they’ve made it so you can’t even log in on the browser version. Bravo, imgur. This app is useless. Crashes constantly, your favorites library goes back to the beginning every time you access it, and gifs are automatically frozen when you view them, meaning you have to manually hit play for every gif which is a hassle.
I love this app, and for the most part it works exactly as it should. However, there are two major problems right now that I’m docking stars for. First, the app just randomly restarts itself if I browse for too long. And second, the ads have been activating every time I scroll past them lately. I don’t even click them and a webpage opens and redirects me to the Play Store. Both of these issues are infuriating, but I love Imgur so I have to deal with them.
Edit: Now I’m lucky to see the first post I click on before the app freezes. Plus, the favorite button doesn’t actually save a post as a favorite. The imgur app for Android has been sketchy for a long time, but I have been patiently waiting for them to fix it. While viewing a post, it frequently freezes and then either crashes or takes me back to the top of my feed, so I have to relocate whatever I was viewing. The latter has become more and more common, happening every 5 minutes or less since the last update. Fix your damn app, imgur.