How to Repost on Instagram
Instagram differs from the familiar social networks in that it lacks many common functions. Unlike VKontakte or Facebook, where the "repost" button is located directly under each publication, Instagram initially did not have such an option. But we know of several ways to repost a post on Instagram. In this article, we will thoroughly analyze all working methods: how to repost your own post to stories, how to repost someone else's post to your page, what applications are needed for this, and we will also consider free alternatives without watermarks and subscriptions.
The material will be useful for ordinary users who want to share interesting publications with friends, as well as for bloggers, SMM specialists, and business account owners who use reposts to promote and engage their audience.
Why Repost on Instagram
Before understanding how to repost on Instagram, let's understand why it's even necessary. Reposting is publishing someone else's content on your page or in your story. It serves several important functions.
First. Supporting other creators. By reposting a friend's, colleague's, or favorite blogger's post, you show that you like their content and recommend it to your audience.
Second. Filling content when you lack ideas. If you have nothing to post but need to maintain activity in your account, reposting an interesting post on your topic is an excellent solution.
Third. Participating in contests and marathons. Many contest organizers require you to repost their post to your page or story to participate.
Fourth. Saving important information. You can repost a useful post to your page so you don't lose it and can quickly find it in the future.
Fifth. Promoting your own content. Reposting your old post to stories helps remind subscribers about an important publication.
Now that we understand the value of reposting, let's move on to specific ways to do it.
How to Repost Your Own Post to Instagram Stories
This is the simplest and official way to repost, supported by Instagram itself without third-party applications. If you need to repost your own post to stories, the algorithm of actions is extremely simple.
Step-by-step instructions
First step. Open the Instagram app on your smartphone. Find the post you want to publish in your story. This can be your photo, video, or carousel.
Second step. Under the desired post, click on the paper airplane icon. This button is called "Send" or "Share". It is located to the right of the comment and like icons.
Third step. In the menu that opens, select "Add post to your story". Instagram will automatically create a story based on your post. The photo or video will fit the standard story format, and the original caption and author's name (in this case, yours) will be visible at the bottom.
Fourth step. Now you can edit the story as you wish. Add text, GIF animations, stickers, music stickers, reaction polls. You can change the background, crop the video, add drawing tools.
Fifth step. When editing is complete, click the "Your story" button (at the bottom of the screen) or "Send" (to send to specific friends). Now your post is published as a story.
Important features
A story with a reposted post will be available for 24 hours, like any other story. If you want it to remain in your profile forever, add it to "Highlights". When reposting your own post, you don't need to worry about copyright, because the content belongs to you. This method only works for your own publications. You cannot add someone else's post to a story this way (only if you were tagged or the post is from a public account and you use other methods, which we will discuss below).
How to Repost Someone Else's Post on Instagram to Your Page
Reposting someone else's content is more complicated. Instagram itself still doesn't have a built-in "repost" button for the feed, like in VKontakte. Therefore, users have to use third-party applications or workarounds. We will consider all options.
Method 1. Special applications for reposting on Instagram
This is the most popular and convenient method if you need to repost regularly. If you want to repost someone else's post (i.e., post someone else's post on your page), we can recommend special applications that have the necessary functionality to complete this task.
How to find a repost app
Finding such applications is quite easy. Just type "repost for instagram" or "репост для инстаграм" in the Play Market (for Android) or AppStore (for iPhone) search. The search will yield dozens of applications. Here are the most popular and proven ones: Regram (one of the oldest repost apps, allows copying posts, stories, videos, there is a free version with a watermark), Repost for Instagram (a simple and clear app, works on the principle: copy the link to the post, open the app, select the photo or video and save), InstaRepost (supports reposting both photos and videos, has a built-in browser for viewing the feed).
How to use repost apps
After authorizing in the app via Instagram, select the desired photo and follow the program's instructions. The general algorithm is as follows.
First step. Install the selected application from the official store.
Second step. Open Instagram and find the post you want to repost. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the post and select "Copy Link". If there are no three dots (old version), click on the arrow-airplane and select "Copy Link".
Our Services for Streamers
Our Services for Content Creators
