What Are Highlights on Instagram?
Highlights are stories you pin to the top of your Instagram profile for an indefinite period of time. Any story you post appears in your followers’ feeds for 24 hours, then automatically disappears. However, if you add a story to your Highlights, anyone who visits your profile sees it as a circular icon above your main feed, even after it disappears from their main stories feed. Highlights don’t have to contain only one story and can be a collection of stories. You can add up to 100 photo or video stories to a single Highlight. There’s also no limit to the number of Highlights you can add to your profile. Until you manually remove a Highlight from your profile, it remains there indefinitely. Just like regular stories, you can see who viewed your Highlights.
Why Use Instagram Highlights?
Highlights are ideal for content you want to keep around longer than 24 hours but doesn’t fit the constraints of standard photo and video posts (such as the need to crop them). They’re also ideal for casual content situations where you’re not looking to attract likes and comments. Stories that capture memorable moments or mean something to you are perfect Highlights for your profile. Anyone who visits your profile sees your Highlights and can tap them to catch a glimpse of your favorite stories. There are two main ways you can create a Highlight:
From your profile by accessing your story archive.From your existing live stories (within 24 hours of it being posted).
How to Post an Instagram Highlight From Your Profile
You can post a Highlight from your Instagram profile. Once posted, the Highlight appears on your profile.
How to Post an Instagram Highlight From Your Stories
You can add a story to your Highlights as you post a new story. This takes the extra step out of Highlighting the story after it’s been posted.
How to Edit or Remove an Instagram Highlight
Editing your story allows you to change the cover photo to a custom one and add more stories as needed. Since Highlights remain on your profile indefinitely, remove them when they’re no longer relevant.
