Updated on January 6th, 2022

Instagram has supported video content for a long time now, but they however don't requite you nearly every bit many options as other platforms like YouTube or Facebook.

TL;DR – Use the Instagram Studio to trim your videos into shorter sections and upload them all in one Instagram post.

I of the biggest restrictions on Instagram video content is the length of videos you lot're able to mail service. Since no videos longer than 60 seconds in length can exist posted to your main Instagram feed, you can't share anything longer than a TikTok with your followers. I'll show you how to share upwards to 10 minutes of video in a single post.

You two options to post videos longer than 60 seconds on Instagram:

Option one: Cut your video into shorter clips

Option 2: Upload to Instagram Video (formally known as IGTV)

Which option should yous cull, and what works best for Instagram? Let's accept a expect.

Choice one: Cutting Your Video into Shorter Clips

Instagram stories simply allow 15-second video clips, whereas yous can mail service one minute videos on your feed. If you have a longer video that you want to post, your best bet will be to cut the video up into curt sections:

  • If it's for an IG story, cut the video into 15-2nd clips and post them 1 afterwards some other in the same mail service.
  • If information technology'south your feed, your video must exist shorter than threescore seconds, but you lot can post up to 10 at a time in a single post, as long as you lot've broken it up into sections of sixty seconds or less.
  • If it'southward for Instagram reels, your video must exist shorter than thirty seconds.

Keep in mind that for stories, Instagram will chop your video up on its own, simply merely if the video is no more than than a infinitesimal long. If you want to control your own content, your best bet is to cut and edit the video yourself.

Notation: Instagram Stories now allow longer stories up to 60 seconds without getting split.

A screenshot showing how to edit videos in the Kapwing mobile Studio.

I recommend using the Kapwing Studio to cut your clips on a telephone or computer.

Start by going to Kapwing.com in your phone's browser and selecting Starting time Editing to enter the Studio.

Here, upload your video from your phone or whatever online location, select the Trim tool, and cut your video down to a section under 60 seconds long. Tap the Export button, then the Download push, and echo the process for each sixty second segment y'all want to post!

Option two: Upload to Instagram Video

In 2018, Instagram launched a solution for longer videos: Instagram TV, or IGTV for brusk. Now, they've combined both IGTV with Instagram feed videos to create Instagram Video, where you can post longer videos. If your video is longer than a minute and you lot don't desire to cut information technology into separate sections, yous can upload it to Instagram Video where videos upwardly to 10 minutes are allowed.

The trick with Instagram Video, withal, is to pick the right thumbnail for your video to show up in your feed. Instagram allows you lot to do this when posting, so just make sure you know exactly which shot from the video you want your followers to see in your feed.

A screenshot of video thumbnails in IGTV.

I promise this article helps you share all of your best videos on Instagram, no matter how long they are! If y'all're interested in more tips and tutorials on creating cracking digital content in 2021, check out the Kapwing YouTube channel. And while you're here, take a look at some related manufactures on editing content for Instagram:

• How to Download Instagram Videos Online
• How to Upload Instagram Videos from a Computer
• How to Post YouTube Videos on Instagram
• How to Fit the Whole Movie on Instagram