Battery drain talking through the Instagram app

[Solmnist]

I was on Instagram conversating to some friends for about 3/4 hours. Then I look at my phone and it said it was on 7 percent. My phone was above 90 percent when I started the call around 2am. I'm just wondering is it my phone, Instagram, or something else.

[userella012]

Looks like ig needs to build their own phone the app never goes away after i press optimize button. Maybe clear the cache and put in deep sleep?

[realaud]

Well, yeah.  Instagram uses a lot of pixels and having the screen on for 3 to 4 hours is certainly going to eat up your battery.  It's no different than watching a 3 hour movie on a streaming app.  The longer the screen and processor is in use, the less battery uptime you will have.