With Instagram, you never get bored. Although this social network was conceived and developed to allow people from all over the world to share their photos, over time it has evolved, becoming an “articulated” tool, with which many different things can be done. One of the most recent introductions is the Reels function : these are short videos of up to 30 seconds (recorded directly with the smartphone camera or composed of multiple clips mounted together), characterized by music, special effects, filters and more; in the wake of TikTok – which inspired them – the Reels are creative, imaginative and fun content.

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I don’t know if you are among those who welcomed the news with enthusiasm or among those who could not help but show a hint of initial skepticism, but I’m sure that today you are a big fan of the Reels, which means that you are happy to watch them. others and do not miss the opportunity to publish the ones you make yourself with so much effort. Today, however, all this is no longer enough for you: in fact, during your daily scrolling sessions, you realized that many users share the Reels in stories , and you would like to do the same too. Well, I give you two good news: the first is that it is a very simple operation; while the second is that you ended up in the right place. Are you ready to get started? Well, let’s proceed.

Index

• Who sees the shared Reels
• Why share a Reel
• Sharing your own Reel already published
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Instagram Web
• Publish a Reel directly in the stories
• See who has seen a Reel
• Other methods

Who sees the shared Reels

When you share a Reel in Instagram Stories, it will be visible to everyone who has access to your Stories. If you have a public profile , anyone can see your stories and consequently the Reel you shared. If, on the other hand, you have a private profile , viewing is only allowed to those who follow you. It is important to specify that, whatever privacy you have set on your account, all those users that you have blocked or to whom you have somehow limited permissions cannot watch your stories.

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In short, before sharing a Reel in the stories, make sure that these are visible only and exclusively to those you want, to avoid unpleasant surprises.

Why share a Reel

Sharing a Reel in Instagram Stories means giving this content greater visibility than it would otherwise, whether it was posted by another user, or if it’s your work. In fact, the Instagram algorithm tends to penalize the feed of the posts, giving instead a great importance to that of the stories. I have no doubt that you yourself spend more time switching between stories rather than sifting through posts.

When you share a Reel in the stories, all those who scroll through your stories and see the preview can click to view it in its entirety; they can – if they believe – leave a like, comment or share the video in turn.

Sharing a Reel in stories, in a nutshell, is very useful for “making it spin”. In particularly fortunate cases, this simple operation can help make it even viral .

In short, my suggestion is to share in the stories the Reels of the creators you like best, but above all yours, to make sure that as many people as possible see them.

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Sharing your own Reel already published

After you have made and published a Reel , you have to take a few, intuitive steps to share it. Let’s see what they are differentiating them based on the device used.

iOS

1. Open the Instagramapp ;
2. Go to your profile;
3. Scroll through your feed, until you find the Reelyou are interested in;
4. Tap the paper airplanesymbol (which, in this case, symbolizes sharing);
5. At this point, choose the item ” Add reel to your story“;
6. You just have to customize it, if you wish, by adding a filter, stickers, text or other;
7. Once you have finished the story as you see fit, click ” Send to” and, immediately after, choose ” Your Story “.

Android

1. Open the Instagramapp ;
2. Go to your profile;
3. Scroll through your feed, until you find the Reelyou are interested in;
4. Tap on the paper airplaneicon ;
5. At this point, choose the item ” Add reel to your story“;
6. Now add, if you wish, a filter, stickers, text or other;
7. Once you have finished the story as you see fit, click ” Send to” and, immediately after, choose ” Your Story “.

Instagram Web

If you are using Instagram from your computer and would like to share your Reel in stories, I give you bad news: you can’t do it . In this case, the only solution is to switch to your smartphone / tablet and proceed as I have just explained to you.

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Publish a Reel directly in the stories

You may not know, but when you make a Reel, you have the option to publish it directly in the stories. This way, it will not end up in your feed or in the section of your profile dedicated exclusively to the Reels, but will only appear in the stories and will only be available for 24 hours .

I suggest you don’t use this method, because it would be a shame to take a long time to pack a nice Reel and then see it disappear after just a day. Also, by doing so, your Reel can have a maximum duration of 15 seconds (instead of 30). However, in case you are interested in doing so, here is what you should do:

1. Open the Instagramapp ;
2. Go to the main section (feed) and swipe to the rightor tap on your profile picture (top left), as if you wanted to publish a story;
3. At the bottom, scroll until you find the entry ” Reel“;
4. Create your content and then select ” Share“;
5. At the top, choose the ” Stories” option and then select the button located next to ” Your Story “.

See who has seen a Reel

Are you wondering if you can find out who saw a Reel posted in Instagram Stories? Well the answer is yes . In fact, every time you publish a story, you have access for 24 hours to the statistical data on it, including the users who viewed it .

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You can learn more about this topic by reading the guide dedicated to the order of views in Instagram stories . However, remember that there are ways to view Instagram Stories anonymously , so someone might be looking at yours without you realizing it.

Other methods

Reels can also be shared in other ways. First of all, remaining within the “confines” of the Instagram app, the Reels can be shared via a Direct private message , as we are used to doing even with simple posts and stories; in this way, we can only show a content to one or more targeted people (or to an Instagram Direct group).

Remember, however, that the messages you send will not always be read automatically by the recipient, because, in some circumstances, they could end up between the requests (therefore the user will have to consult the Direct requests of Instagram to view / play them).

Finally, it must be said that the Reels can also be shared outside of Instagram, for example on other social networks such as Twitter or Facebook, as well as on instant messaging apps , such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and Facebook Messenger.