Instagram Stickers: Your Complete Guide

Instagram stickers are a great way to boost your engagement and reach. Let us have a closer look at the variety and features that Instagram stickers have.

Instagram Stickers Guide

How to add your own Instagram stickers

Did you know that you can add your own stickers to Instagram?

1. Register at giphy.com;
2. Create and upload your sticker to your Giphy channel;
3. That is it!

You have your brand sticker for you and everyone else to use on Instagram!

Image Stickers

It is a regular type of sticker. You may choose an image sticker from a variety of Instagram stickers collections.

How to add image stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose an image sticker or stickers from the collection;
2. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

GIF Stickers

Instagram GIF stickers are animated images. The GIF stickers are stored at giphy.com, acquired by Facebook in May 2020.

How to add GIF stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose a GIF sticker or stickers from the collection;
2. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Add Yours Sticker

Add Yours sticker is a way to start a thread, a trend, or a challenge on Instagram. How does it work?

For example, you can ask your followers to share a photo of their cat or dog. Or share a five-year-old photo of them, etc. Ideas are endless.

But if you do not have any, tap on the dice button. And Instagram will give you some boilerplate questions to headstart your thread.

How to include the add yours instagram stickers into your Instagram story:

1. Choose this sticker from the collection;
2. Ask a question;
3. Tap the dice icon for question ideas;
4. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Once you publish your Add Yours sticker story, followers will be able to respond to it by submitting their content like photos, videos, screenshots, etc.

Once replies start coming in, you will see them by tapping on your story sticker.

It is a great way to grow your Instagram account. Followers of your followers can view their replies.

And they will also see the originator of the story and might check you out and follow you!

Link Stickers

Link stickers are finally here for everyone and for you too! You no longer have to reach 10 000 followers to unlock live links in your IG stories!

How to add a link Instagram stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose this sticker among Instagram story stickers collections;
2. Paste your link;
3. And you are good to go!
4. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Link stickers are a great way to drive traffic to any destination you want!

It can be your blog post, a product sales page. Or another Instagram account. The variety of options is endless.

Mention Sticker

This type of Instagram sticker is pretty straightforward. It helps you mention other Instagram users in your story.

Note that if an Instagram user has restricted the mention option in the setting, you can not mention this user in your Instagram stories and posts.

How to add the mention Instagram stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose this sticker from the stickers collection;
2. Type the user name you wish to mention;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Once you publish your IG story with a mention sticker, the mentioned user will get a notification. And will be able to repost your story.

Poll Sticker

This type of sticker allows you to ask a question. With two predefined answers. You can use text and emojis as a way to answer.

Poll stickers are a great way to add interaction to your Instagram story. They are very engaging. And require a single tap to respond.

How to add a poll Instagram stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose this sticker from the stickers collection;
2. Type your question;
3. Provide two answers for your story viewers;
4. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Slide Stickers

Slide Stickers can easily engage your followers. All they have to do is to slide right.

For example, you can ask your followers to rate a photo. And let them slide the sticker to give their rating.

How to add a slide Instagram stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose the sticker from the collection;
2. Type your question;
3. Choose the desired emoji for your slider.
4. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Questions Stickers

Question stickers are a great way to offer your followers to ask you a question.

How to add the question Instagram stickers to your Instagram story:

1. Choose the question sticker from the collection;
2. Name it;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Once questions start coming in, you can answer them. And publish your answers as new stories.

You can ask and answer yourself, to kick off the conversion. Instagram allows that!

Quiz Stickers

Quiz Stickers are a great way to build excitement among your Instagram followers. By giving them a sneak peek hidden inside the correct answer.

It is also a great way to build affinity with your audience by letting them get to know you better.

How to add a quiz Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose the sticker from the collection;
2. Add your question and up to four answers;
3. Mark the correct answer by tapping on it;
4. Choose the color of your quiz sticker;
5. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Once you publish the sticker and answers start coming in, you will see the answer stats and share them publicly in a new story.

Hashtag Sticker

Hashtag stickers are a great way to help your Instagram story reach more people if you know how to use them. Follow this Best Instagram Hashtags Guide to learn more.

How to add a hashtag Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose the sticker from the collection;
2. Type your desired hashtag;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Music Stickers

Music Sticker is a great way to add the right mood to your Instagram story.

How to add a music Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose the sticker from the collection;
2. Select your desired music track;
3. Choose the style of the track label and lyrics;
4. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Location Sticker

Like with hashtag stickers, a location sticker is a great way to give your Instagram stories a greater reach.

With this sticker, Instagram may add your story to location-based recommendations. It opens you up to new followers who browse stories by location.

How to add a location Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Select the sticker from the collection;
2. Choose your location;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Pro Tip. You do not have to be in the location selected for your story.

Many bloggers and influencers select different locations for their Instagram stories to get better exposure to new potential followers from those locations.

Timestamp Sticker

This type of Instagram sticker is pretty straightforward. It adds a timestamp to your story.

How to add a timestamp Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose the sticker from sticker collections;
2. Instagram will add the current time to your sticker;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Countdown Stickers

Countdown stickers are another way to build excitement among your followers around an event or a milestone.

You can use it to build hype around coming sales, news, or new product releases.

How to add a countdown Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose the sticker from the stickers collection;
2. Name your countdown;
3. Set the date and time;
4. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Temperature Sticker

This type of sticker is also pretty straightforward. It shows the current temperature in your local area.

How to add a temperature sticker to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose the sticker from the stickers collection;
2. The sticker will display the current local temperature automatically;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Stay Home Stickers

This sticker will feature your Instagram story in the Stay Home stories gallery, displayed by Instagram.

How to add the stay home sticker to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose this sticker from the collection;
2. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Support Small Business Sticker

This sticker will feature your Instagram story in the Support Small Business stories gallery, displayed by Instagram.

How to add the support small business sticker to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose this sticker from the collection;
2. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Food Orders Stickers

This sticker is another way to feature your food business among Instagram followers looking to make an order.

Add this sticker to your Instagram story. It will make Instagram feature your business in the relevant stories gallery for prospective clients.

How to add the food orders stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Choose this sticker from the collection;
2. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Thematic Stickers

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Thematic stickers highlight current cultural events and social causes. A classic example of such an event is Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month.

Adding a thematic sticker to your Instagram story is a great way to join the current trend. And feature your it among relevant communities.

How to add thematic Instagram stickers to your Instagram stories:

1. Type an event name in the search bar of the stickers collection;
2. Add the desired sticker to your Instagram story;
3. Finish and publish your Instagram story.

Conclusions And Next Steps

As you know, Instagram stickers are a great way to boost your engagement and reach. If you use them in your Instagram stories.

That said, you may find it interesting to know how to use stories to boost your Instagram growth and revenue.

If you do, head over to this free guide.