Instagram is one of the most used social media platforms globally. One of the most used and best features of Instagram is Instagram stories. Daily, more than 50-60 percent of its users use the story feature. Instagram story is one of the most exciting features of Instagram. Here you can almost everything you can add to your Instagram story.
You can upload a story for a maximum of 24 hours, after which it gets deleted automatically, but you can add those stories on highlights options to show them on your Instagram profile. One can customize a story as they want and add so many things to a story. Here is a detailed guide you must follow.
Add Music to Your Instagram Story
You can add music to your stories as per your mood or depending on what you post on the story. Although it’s impossible to add an entire song, you can add a clip or part of the music. It is added from an Instagram library to give your stories soundtracks.
When you add any song to your story, all of your friends can listen to it while viewing your stories. It can perfectly set the mood of the individual.
If you wish to add a song to your story, you can use the below steps:
- Tap on the story menu present at the top or right-swipe on Instagram.
- Tap on the Music icon. Alternatively, tap the sticker icon and select Music prompt.
- You can search for any song you want to add to your story.
- Select the part of the song you want to add to the story.
- You can do that by moving the slider at the bottom of the track left or right. You can also play that part of a song by tapping on the play button, which is on the right side of the track.
- Instagram also allows you to change the duration of the song as per your choice, which is on the left side of the song process bar, or else it will be 15 seconds by default.
- You can also add the lyrics or cover art of that particular song if you wish to make your store more aesthetic. This option is available right above sound track.
- After all is done, click the Done option from the top right corner to add your song and lyrics to your story.
Add Interactive Stickers to Your Instagram Story
Instagram also allows you to add stickers to your story to make it more interactive and fun. Stickers also help to make your stories more engaging. There are also so many popular stickers available you can use to get more engagement. These include mentions, hashtags, quizzes, polls, and locations.
Use below given steps to add these stickers to your story.
- Tap the sticker button. It is a square icon with a smiley face inside the menu present in the top right corner.
- You will find many stickers, out of which you can choose the one that you want to add to your story. Each sticker has some specific steps to complete before adding it to your story, for example:
- Mentions: For mentioning anyone on your story first type @ followed by their username. After the @, you will get the name of the individual below in a list. Tap on the name of the friend you wish to tag.
- Poll: Tap on the poll sticker, then enter your question and the answers below. Then, tap the done option present on the top right, to successfully add a poll to your story.
You can add so many other stickers to your story that are there, but make sure to not add a lot of them, as it will make your story a little unorganized and cluttered.
Add Cutouts to your Instagram Story
There is a special kind of sticker available that you can add to your Instagram story, known as a cutout. It allows you to create a cutout by intelligently cutting any object (like a person, building, plant, or electronic device) out of any picture.
It results in turn as a mini-image, which then can be used as a sticker on your Instagram story and reels too. It can be made by any image. You can share other people’s posts or reels to your story.
If you like any reel or post on Instagram, then you can post it on your story simply without saving it or taking a screenshot. If you wish to do that, use the below steps:
- Tap on the paper plane icon (the send button) on the right bottom side.
- Click the Add to Story option present in the bottom menu if you are not able to find it, swipe right or left side. Then tap on your story at the bottom, and the story is shared successfully.
You can add other people’s comments to your story. Just like Instagram posts, you can also share comments on your story if you find it funny or exciting. To do that:
- Open the comment section, then hold the comment which you like.
- Tap the add to story option.
- Click your story option on the bottom to share it successfully.
Add Your Pre-made Avatar to Your Story
Recently, Instagram has introduced a new avatar feature available on the recent Instagram app versions. It allows you to make an avatar with simple steps below.
- Take a selfie and tap on Create Avatar, and Instagram will make an AI picture with your facial features.
Now, you can add it to your story in different poses. Instagram provides pose suggestions that you can refer to. If you wish to add these to your story, tap on the sticker icon present in the top panel of your story and select the avatar icon. Select the pose that you want to post. You can place it anywhere you want and finally click done.
Draw or Add Text to Your Story
You can draw whatever you want or add text to your Instagram story. If you wish to draw anything, use the below steps.
- Tap on the dots icon present at the top right of your story.
- Select draw. Then, you can draw with your finger or with any stylus pen.
For adding text, tap anywhere on your story, whatever you want to add, and tap on the done icon on the top right.
Wind Up
There are a lot of things you can add to their Instagram story to make it more interesting and engaging. Some of these include text, songs, pictures, videos, mentions, location, avatar, poll, and many more things that you can see above. Now that we have covered everything you can add to your Instagram story, we hope you will bring the best out of it.
