Instagram is a very user-friendly app that allows sharing content via posts and stories and gives proper credit to the original Instagram account, which makes it reliable too. Reposting stories and posts from reliable sources, be it a quote from a book or movie or any current news going around the globe, also helps you gain more followers by creating user-generated content, as this shows your credibility.
It helps engage with a bigger audience and create more engagement. This article guides you on how to repost stories on Instagram from other users, posts from other accounts, and repost stories in which you were tagged or not tagged.
1. How To Repost Story on Instagram
Firstly, to repost someone’s story from other users or accounts, it’s vital that those accounts are public or you both follow each other on Instagram and have enabled the story repost option. It’s also necessary that you are tagged in this story. If all these criteria are met, you can use the following steps to repost the story.
1.1 How To Repost Instagram Story When You’re Tagged in it
- You will be notified when someone from a public account or a mutual tags you in their story and will receive a DM (direct message).
- In that message, you will find an option saying “Add This to Your Story“.
- If you follow that option, a screenshot photo of the story you were tagged in will appear in your new story.
- You can add texts, gifs, and music, or tag people if you like.
- You can tap on “Your Story” and the report will be complete.
This is how to repost a story on Instagram if you’re tagged.
Note: You don’t need to follow the account to repost their stories.
1.2 How To Repost Instagram Stories You Were Not Tagged in
Although various apps can help you repost Instagram stories, the easiest way to do it is through the screenshot or screen recording feature on your device.
- On your iOS or Android device, screenshot an image or screen and record a video while viewing it.
- You can screenshot by pressing the higher volume button and power button together or clicking on the top right corner (as you swipe down) on the screenshot icon. For screen recording, you can tap on the record button.
- Add this screenshotted image or screen recordings from your camera roll to your own story and share it with everyone.
This is how to repost story on Instagram if you were not tagged in it.
1.3 How To Repost Instagram Posts from Other Accounts
Similar to the story repost criteria, the original account needs to be public for you to share the Instagram post. This is a better way of reposting as it leads to the original content made by the original creator.
- Tap on the paper aeroplane icon beneath a post to add a post to your story.
Screenshot by harsh - You will be directed to your own story on Instagram
- Click on ‘Your story at the bottom of the screen
Screenshot by harsh
- You can add texts, gifs, music, or stickers from the sticker icon to this story if you want and tap on “Your Story” to share it with your followers. Learn how to add music here.
This is how to repost stories on Instagram from other accounts.
1.4 How To Share Stories Using Third-Party Apps
Various apps can help upload a photo or video on the Instagram story as Instagram as an app does not support reposting photos or videos. These apps are fortunately available on both iOS and Android devices and are free to download and use. Repost for Instagram is an excellent app and the best part about it is that it doesn’t ask you to link your Instagram or Facebook accounts. It can be downloaded through Google Play for Android devices or App Store for iOS devices.
Although the following steps are meant for iOS devices, similar steps are taken even on android devices
- Open the app on your iOS /android device.
- The app will ask permission to access your device’s photo or video. Click on OK.
- The app asks if to send notifications on your device, this is your choice. Choose Allow or Don’t allow.
- A welcome screen with instructions will pop up, click on Skip.
- Open the Instagram app on the same device and search for the post you want to repost.
- Tap on the ellipsis which is the three-dotted icon in the top right corner of the feed post.
- To copy its link on the device’s clipboard, tap Copy Link.
- Open Regrammer again. In the search bar, the copied link should appear automatically. If it doesn’t then press a long click on the search bar and tap Paste.
- Tap on Preview.
Note: a short ad may appear, ignore it and wait for the post preview
- The report might not show the name of the original creator. To add this account name, tap on any four square icons.
- Tap the blue share icon when you are ready.
- Tap on “Repost on Instagram”.
- The app will ask for permission to switch to the Instagram app; tap on Open.
- Tap “Feed” then navigate to “Post”.
- Edit the photo or video the usual way by adding filters etc.
Tip: As this is a repost, it is better to use minimal filters so as not to cause many changes to the original post. This is very important, especially for artwork.
- Tap “Next”.
- Add a caption, post description, location, and hashtags or tag people as you would while making a regular Instagram post.
Tip: Instagram allows upto 30 hashtags, and these hashtags help with increasing your reach, so it’s always a good idea to use a few
- When you feel ready tap Share and this post will show up on your Instagram feed.
- You can add this post to your own story too.
This is how to repost stories on Instagram using third-party apps.
2. How To Post Archived Story on Instagram
Archived stories are previously posted story that is saved in the app. To upload them to your story follow these steps:
- Go to your Profile by clicking on your profile icon in the bottom right corner.
- Open the Menu by clicking on the three lines in the top right-hand corner.
- Click on Archive.
- Go to Story Archive.
- From there, choose a story you want to repost.
- Then tap More and tap on Share.
- Share as a story or highlight for your Profile.
This is how to repost a story on Instagram that is archived.
3. How To Repost Deleted Story on Instagram
Instagram stories get deleted within 24 hours and aren’t saved if they aren’t archived. To recover Instagram stories or posts which got deleted in the past 30 days,
- Go to your Profile by clicking on your profile icon in the bottom right corner.
- Open the Menu by clicking on the three lines in the top right-hand corner.
- Go to ‘Your Activity.
- Find ‘Recently deleted.’
- You can then repost recently deleted stories.
This is how to repost a story on Instagram that has been deleted.
4. How To Automatically Save Instagram Stories
To save your Instagram stories to archive directly,
- Go to your Profile by clicking on your profile icon in the bottom right corner.
- Open the Menu by clicking on the three lines in the top right-hand corner.
- Find the ‘Settings’ tab.
- Click on Privacy.
- Click on Story.
- Then select ‘Save Story to Archive’.
This will allow you to save Instagram stories to your archive automatically.
5. Why Can My Followers Not Repost My Stories?
This problem may arise if you have not enabled your story-sharing feature. To do that, go to your
- Go to your Profile by clicking on your profile icon in the bottom right corner.
- Open Menu by clicking on the three lines in the top right-hand corner.
- Open Settings.
- Click on Privacy.
- Click on Story.
- Then select “Allow Sharing to Story”.
6. How To Increase Reach Through Instagram Stories
Uploading aesthetic stories is one thing and knowing a few tricks to use this aesthetic to gain more followers is another. A few tips here and there can help you improve your feed posts too. A few ways to do that would be through,
- Hashtags: Trendy hashtags are searched the most and are the reason why trends become trends. You can use these hashtags via text or sticker questions in your stories.
- Stickers: These can be used in many ways, from question or music stickers to just funky images to add some sass to your stories
- GIFs: These tools are used a lot nowadays to show the mood of the user and can be spiced up by adding subtitles or other text to it.
- Texts: Instagram provides its users with various text fonts, so having a little fun with them might go a long way.
- Giving credit to the original creator: This goes a very long way, a little time to add the original user name does a lot of justice to the creator.
Instagram seems to be an ever-growing social media at the moment and it doesn’t seem like it’s going down any time soon. So for everyone ranging from a small-time creator to the marketing department of multi-national companies, the Instagram bandwagon is the one to hop on to. This article might just help you catch on quickly.
