--- title: Instagram Celebrates Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Photo description: Instagram pays tribute to the young wizard on the 20th anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone canonical: https://time.com/4832401/instagram-harry-potter-20th-anniversary/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-26T18:48:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:50.764Z og:title: Instagram Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter og:description: Paying tribute to the boy wizard with an illustration only a Potterhead could do og:url: https://time.com/4832401/instagram-harry-potter-20th-anniversary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb87ae7649cd05f7b/6988b44e656a3f4d46bce46a/harry-potter-quotes.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - Movie Stills og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Instagram Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter twitter:description: Paying tribute to the boy wizard with an illustration only a Potterhead could do twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb87ae7649cd05f7b/6988b44e656a3f4d46bce46a/harry-potter-quotes.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Instagram Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter With an Illustration Only a True Fan Could Create > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 26, 2017 6:48 PM UTC  Daniel Radcliffe (Photo by Peter Mountain/WireImage) Daniel Radcliffe (Photo by Peter Mountain/WireImage) Peter Mountain/WireImage by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 26, 2017 6:48 PM UTC It has been 20 years since the world was introduced to a young wizard by the name of [Harry Potter](http://time.com/4413658/donald-trump-harry-potter-study/?iid=sr-link1) when J.K. Rowling’s _Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone_ was published in the United Kingdom. The book, which was published in the United States as _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s_ _Stone_, grew to become a legend bringing the wizarding world to books, movies, a [play](http://time.com/4422192/harry-potter-cursed-child-play-review/?iid=sr-link5), amusement [parks](http://time.com/4282676/harry-potter-world-hollywood/?iid=sr-link2) and fan fiction. To mark the anniversary, Instagram posted a heartfelt tribute to the magical series. The illustration, drawn by “self-proclaimed Hufflepuff” Taryn Knight, shows Harry casting a Patronus spell to ward off an attack by the chilling Dementors. Like many [Harry Potter fans](http://time.com/4809884/harry-potter-house-sorting-hat-quiz/?iid=sr-link3), Knight fell in love with the world of wizards and Muggles as a young girl. “I just kept reading them over and over,” she says in the caption of the picture posted by the [official Instagram account](https://www.instagram.com/p/BVy6RlkgPEs/). “Something just clicked. I was immediately obsessed.” As she started to explore her talent for drawing, she says her “passion for Harry Potter began to creep in.” It shows in the illustration, which reveals a true fan’s love for the subject. Instagram was not alone in paying homage to Harry Potter. [Facebook](http://fortune.com/fortune500/facebook/) presented its users with [an easter egg](http://time.com/4832382/harry-potter-anniversary-facebook/?iid=sr-link2) that casts a colorful spell on the social network. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4832401/instagram-harry-potter-20th-anniversary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4832401/instagram-harry-potter-20th-anniversary/"},"headline":"Instagram Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter With an Illustration Only a True Fan Could Create","datePublished":"2017-06-26T18:48:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:50.764Z","description":"Instagram pays tribute to Harry Potter on the 20th anniversary of his first book","url":"https://time.com/4832401/instagram-harry-potter-20th-anniversary/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Books","Harry Potter","Instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb87ae7649cd05f7b/6988b44e656a3f4d46bce46a/harry-potter-quotes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb87ae7649cd05f7b/6988b44e656a3f4d46bce46a/harry-potter-quotes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - Movie Stills","caption":"Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone - Movie Stills","creditText":"Peter Mountain/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4832401/instagram-harry-potter-20th-anniversary/","name":"Instagram Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Harry Potter With an Illustration Only a True Fan Could Create"}}]}] ```