How to Share Posts on Your Instagram Story
Sharing a post to your Instagram Story is one of the fastest ways to give a feed post a second life. It can help you highlight your own content, comment on a partner's post, share
Avery BennettResharing a feed post to your story is one of the most useful little features on Instagram. It lets you amplify your own posts, give a creator a shoutout, or pass along something your followers will like, all in a couple of taps.
This guide covers how to reshare posts to your story and how to do it well.
How to share a post to your story
- Open the post you want to share, yours or someone else's public post.
- Tap the paper-plane share icon below it.
- Choose Add post to your story.
- Resize the post card, add text or stickers, then share.
The reshared post links back to the original, and the creator gets a mention.
What you can and cannot reshare
| Situation | Can you reshare? |
|---|---|
| Public account's post | Yes |
| Your own posts | Yes |
| Private account's post | No |
| Post where sharing is disabled | No |
Sharing depends on the original poster's privacy and settings.
Reasons to reshare
- Amplify your own post: push a new feed post to followers who skip the grid.
- Shout out a creator: tag and thank, and they often reshare back.
- Curate value: pass along posts your audience will appreciate.
- Show social proof: reshare a customer tagging your product.
Do it without being noise
Add your own take when you reshare. A bare repost is easy to skip; a line of context, a reaction, or a question turns it into something worth tapping. And do not flood your story with reshares back to back. Mix them with original frames so your story still feels like yours.
Resharing for reach
When others reshare your posts, you reach their audiences for free, which is part of why shareable content matters. See how shares drive reach. To add links alongside reshares, read adding links to stories.
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FAQ
Why can't I share a certain post? The account is private or has resharing turned off. Only public, share-enabled posts work.
Does the original creator know? Yes. They get a notification that you mentioned their post.
Can I reshare my own posts to my story? Yes, and it is a smart way to reach followers who do not scroll the feed.
