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Want to share your YouTube videos on Instagram? Whether it’s a promo video, sneak peek trailer, how-to tutorial, or a funny skit, you can easily share YouTube videos to Instagram in a few simple steps.
Read on to learn how to post a YouTube video on Instagram as a post, Story, and video link, and explore how to quickly resize a video for Instagram with Clipchamp's online video editor.
YouTube videos are in a different aspect ratio to Instagram’s requirements, but that doesn’t mean you can’t post them. All you have to do is follow these steps with Clipchamp's video editor.
Log in to Clipchamp
Upload your YouTube video then drag and drop it onto the timeline
Change the aspect ratio from 16:9 to 1:1 or 9:16
Adjust the borders, position, or rotate your video
Export your new Instagram video in 720p or 1080p resolution
To post YouTube videos on Instagram, start by downloading your videos to your computer. Are you saving another creator's YouTube video? Make sure to have permission from the original creator before downloading.
Log in to Clipchamp’s video editor or sign up for free. Click on the + symbol to upload your YouTube video to the Your media library. Drop your YouTube video on the timeline or click on the green + symbol to start editing.
Click on the 16:9 aspect ratio on the right side of the video editor. Select the 1:1 or 9:16 aspect ratio suitable for Instagram posts. We recommend using the 9:16 aspect ratio for all Instargam Reels posts. Your video will now have a black border. Click on the video preview, then click on the Fill button. You can move your video preview using the free hand tool to change the center of your video.
You may also need to trim your YouTube video to Instagram’s video length requirements. The maximum length of an Instagram video is 3 seconds to 10 minutes.
Click on the Export button at the top right corner of the video editor. Select the video quality you would like to save your Instagram video. We recommend saving in 720p or 1080p resolution for social media uploads. Your video will automatically save to your computer or save your video to your smartphone using Google Drive, One Drive, and Box.
Make sure your video does not exceed 650MB and 10 minutes.
Head to your Instagram account and click on the + Create a new post button. Click on Post or Reel, then upload your video from your files. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Save your YouTube video to your computer
Edit the aspect ratio of your video with Clipchamp
Save your new video to your smartphone
Head over to Instagram and tap on the + symbol, then tap Story
Upload your video from your camera roll
Tap either Your Story or Close Friends to publish
Do you have over 10,000 followers on Instagram? Share YouTube videos to Instagram Stories as a video link using the Swipe-up feature.
Open the Instagram app on your smartphone
Tap on the + symbol, then tap Story
Tap on the chain icon at the top of your screen
Tap URL, paste the link to your YouTube video, then tap Done
Tap either Your Story or Close Friends to publish
If you don’t have over 10,000 followers, use the Instagram Story sticker link button instead.
Just paste your YouTube video URL into the URL box, customize your sticker text, and share it with Your Story or Close Friends.
Viewers who watch your YouTube channel videos might not follow your Instagram account so they won’t know about your long-form video content. Help increase brand awareness by expanding your audiences on different platforms. Repurposing YouTube videos to Instagram can grow your audience on other platforms and attract new followers.
Creating new videos for Instagram can be a time-consuming task. Instead of starting from scratch, all you need to do is edit the aspect ratio and length of your existing YouTube videos. Adapt your YouTube videos to Instagram’s format to save time and money by batch creating videos.
Improve your SEO rankings by posting popular YouTube videos to Instagram. To Instagram, it’s new and fresh content relevant to your target audience.
You can reach new audiences using the right hashtags and captions in no time.
If you can’t share an Instagram Story, ensure you have ‘Allow sharing to story’ toggled on. Tap on Settings > Privacy > Story > toggle on Allow sharing to story.
No. If you have a YouTube Premium account, you can download YouTube videos legally and for free. Instead of using a YouTube video converter, upload your videos directly to Clipchamp to edit and resize suitable for Instagram.
Ready to grow your audience and entertain your followers? Share videos from YouTube to Instagram in no time with Clipchamp.
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Half the fun of hilarious YouTube videos is sharing them.
And sure, you could send a link out to your friends. But what about the people who follow you on Instagram? While it might not be an entirely seamless process, this can be down on your iPhone. And chances are, if you’ve found this article, that means you also want to share a video from YouTube to Instagram. Don’t worry. Keep reading this article, and you’ll learn everything you need to know about how to share YouTube videos on Instagram.
The short answer is — yes, you can share a YouTube video on Instagram. That said, there is currently no native way to do it, which means you’ll have to download the video to your phone and then upload it to Instagram.
The other thing to remember is that there is a reason YouTube doesn’t have a native feature to help you out. Currently, YouTube doesn’t let the general public download any videos off its website for copyright reasons. That’s why before you re-upload any copyrighted material, you should make sure you have the permission of the person who posted the video.
And it’s always a good idea to credit them in your post so that people can go back to the source.
Taking a YouTube video and posting it on Instagram is a reasonably straightforward process, but it’s still a process. There are three major steps to resharing a video, and hopefully, if you proceed step-by-step, it will be smooth sailing.
YouTube doesn’t allow people to download any videos they didn’t upload. The main reason for this is so that users don’t violate any copyright laws. But according to YouTube’s policy, it is perfectly okay for you to download your own videos. To do that, you’ll need the help of a third-party website. Here are the steps to downloading a YouTube video:
The video will then download to your Downloads folder, either on your iPhone or in iCloud, depending on how you have it set up. Either way, you can find the video by going into your Files app.
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The next step is to decide if you’re going to post your video on your Instagram Story or in your feed. Once you have that figured out, you can use the Photos app to help you crop it:
If you want to post the video as a Story, you can follow these steps:
If you want to post the video in your feed, here’s how:
Rather than going through the trouble of downloading a YouTube video, you can also just share it as a link in an Instagram Story.
If you’re someone with over 10,000 followers on Instagram (aka, an Instagram influencer), you’ll have the unique “Swipe-up” feature enabled on your account. That means you can post a Story that will let your followers swipe up to take them to another web page.
One of the things you’ll want to consider is creating an attractive thumbnail to use in your Stories. A couple of tips and tricks for making an image that people swipe up for:
” But the bottom line is, you need to have those two words somewhere on your thumbnail to tell viewers to take action.Now that you’ve got your thumbnail sorted out, it’s time to post it to Instagram. All you have to do is follow these steps:
Posting YouTube videos to Instagram does require a bit more effort. But the good news is that it’s not impossible. Hopefully, after reading this article, you feel a little bit more comfortable with understanding how to share a YouTube video to Instagram, whether you’ll be downloading the video or posting it as a link in your Stories. You have multiple options, so all that’s left is to decide what’s best for you and your followers.
Tech writer, iPhone photographer, and aspiring foodie.
Update : Links in Instagram Stories are now available to all users.
A link in history allows you to direct the user to a website or another page. To follow the link you need to click on the sticker and select "Follow the link". Swipes are a thing of the past.
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In the article, we will describe a new way to add a link to a story, and also share other ways to add links. As a bonus, we will tell you how to create a link sticker in your story so that people click on it more often. nine0007
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For greater clarity, let's introduce a few definitions. All links in stories can be conditionally divided into two types: external and internal .
Important : links are available to all users, not just those with more than 10,000 subscribers. At the same time, new accounts, as well as accounts that have repeatedly violated the Rules of the social network, will not receive access to the sticker with the link. Details of what counts as a new account in this context have not been released. nine0006
By the way, the quality of your subscribers is very important to get the maximum coverage of stories. You need to understand who is watching you, how many% of live people, and how many bots and garbage, so we recommend that you conduct a complete analysis of the Instagram audience, for example, through the InstaHero service.
And when you find out who is watching, commenting and liking you, you can start keeping stories tightly. And to increase reach, engagement and activity, you can remove bots from Instagram followers.
Let's talk about external links first.
How to add a link to the story, we told in our video and further in the text.
To attach a link to a Story, follow a simple algorithm:
This can be a link to a website, a landing page, a separate article or product in an online store, a link to a YouTube channel or video, and even to a Telegram channel. After the link is published, in the Stories statistics, you will see how many clicks were made on the link. To analyze navigation in web analytics systems, use UTM tags or other markup.
Adding a link when setting up an ad is a more time-consuming, but also more effective process. To set up ads, you must first go to the Facebook profile associated with your Instagram business account, and click on "Create Ads". Or go directly to the Facebook Ads Manager.
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In your account, click "Create ad" and follow the simple algorithm of actions.
Select the purpose of the advertisement. There are 6 goals available for links in stories, including Traffic, App Installs, Conversions. Choose the appropriate goal depending on the format of the business account and the link being promoted.
Select the campaign objective. Clicks or views can be selected here. That is, you will pay either for clicking on the link, or for visiting the page when the user waits for it to load. nine0007
Set up an account. If you have not created an ad on Facebook before, you will be prompted to specify the time zone, country and currency of the ad account.
Set up audience . Choose the place where the link leads - to the site, application or messenger. Then specify the desired parameters of the target audience: gender, age, interests, and others.
Select the ad space. By default, the ad will be shown on three sites.
If you only want Instagram Stories, click on "Edit Placements" and check "Instagram, Stories" only. nine0007
Set a budget and select a bid strategy . You can set a daily budget limit or an amount for the entire campaign, and the system will distribute it evenly. Then choose a bid strategy - by default, the system selects the lowest price. If you want, you can set it manually, to do this, click on "Set a bid limit". The lower it is, the less likely it is that the ad will be shown.
Select the ad format. You can select one image or one video. From a marketing point of view, it is better to use video - despite the fact that advertising has a time limit of 15 seconds, it allows you to better convey the idea to users and add a more prominent call to action. nine0007
After filling in the required fields, a preview will open in front of you. On this page, you can upload images or videos for your ad, add a call to action, add or edit a URL. After saving, your ad will start showing to the target audience according to the selected parameters and the set budget.
Instagram Stories ads are quite short. In addition, after viewing, they are closed automatically, and the user will not be able to view them again. Therefore, add a bright call to action, limited in time - this will increase the conversion. nine0007
More on the topic: How to properly target on Instagram
Internal link in the story to a post, account or IGTV
Once again, please note that such a link will not be formatted as a swipe in the story, it will be just a mention.
After combining the IGTV format and the video, the link to the video is published by analogy with the repost of the publication. nine0007
As you already understood, now instead of swiping in stories, a link sticker will be displayed. Accordingly, the approach to design also changes. Now, instead of a pointer to a swipe, you need to select a link sticker and add a pointer to it or make a highlight. You can do this for free with Canva.
If you're posting a live video, just show your followers what to do and point to the link with a gesture.
For internal links, use the story editor. Add text, arrows, and GIFs to show users where to click to navigate.
Link in Instagram story is another way to work with your audience. For bloggers, this is an additional way to monetize your account. nine0007
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The most effective way not to lose your subscribers on different blogs and channels is to leave active links for a quick transition.
All popular bloggers who run several channels in parallel use this convenient scheme, leaving, if possible, direct links to their resources. We will tell beginners how to add a link to YouTube on Instagram and get all their followers on the video channel. nine0007
However, not all places on the page can insert a link with an active action for a direct transition. Everyone knows that a clickable link is blue and underlined. If it doesn't, then it won't work. nine0007
There are only two places on Instagram where hyperlinks to other resources are allowed:
Another option is to share the valid url in a direct message. The recipient will receive not only a direct link for the transition, but will visually see the YouTube icon of the resource to which he will be redirected. nine0007
Each owner of popular accounts in social networks can, if necessary, correctly use url addresses and link all profiles together. Professional bloggers call this placement relinking, that is, links send visitors to another resource of the same owner.
First you need to determine exactly what needs to be inserted, it can be a direct link to a YouTube channel or a specific video. If this is a link to a specific video, then it is desirable to shorten it. A short url is much more readable and doesn't take up much space. Free online programs are used to reduce:
us; Services work extremely simply. Copy the URL from the string, paste it into a specific field, click the "Shortcut" button and you're done.
This is the most popular method, as it allows you to use the most prominent place for placing hyperlinks. Follow step by step instructions:
In the same way, you can place a footnote on Instagram on your YouTube channel.
At its core, all social networks of one owner contain identical content and complement each other, keeping subscribers on the channels of one blogger. nine0007
Another option that is often used is a hyperlink placed under the public. If a copied URL to a channel or a separate video from YouTube is added to a comment, it loses its activity. The footnote under the post is displayed in plain text and it is not possible to quickly navigate to it.
To use the footnote placed under the post, you must first copy it, then paste it into the search line of the browser. Nothing else. nine0007
Most recently, adding a direct link to a video to Stories was only available to verified Instagram business accounts. Today, this privilege is opened to every ordinary user upon reaching a certain number of followers - 10,000 people. Adding algorithm:
Important! The active life of the post in stories is 24 hours, exactly as long as the added link will be active. At the end of the time, the link, along with the publication, goes to the archive.
The owners of the business page are given the opportunity to place a hyperlink in the eternal story.
Often users of a new Instagram account cannot figure out how to leave a clickable link on their page. There are several reasons for this behavior of the application that do not allow you to leave a link for your subscribers:
