diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
index c158f20641..e5e16ca3b2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class InstagramIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 
 class InstagramUserIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https://instagram\.com/(?P<username>[^/]{2,})/?(?:$|[?#])'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?instagram\.com/(?P<username>[^/]{2,})/?(?:$|[?#])'
     IE_DESC = 'Instagram user profile'
     IE_NAME = 'instagram:user'
     _TEST = {