How To Share A Youtube Video On Instagram?

by Khadija Anwar
3 minutes
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YouTube marketing is important for brand awareness. Clients can access information faster and easier than any other form of marketing.

YouTube doesn’t offer a feature for sharing YouTube videos on Instagram. Well, we have sorted out this problem. 

If you are looking for how to share your YouTube video on Instagram, here are a few easy steps. 

Share the YouTube video as a post

First, you need to download your video using a third party tool. Once the video is downloaded in the gallery, open the Instagram app.

Step 1:

Tap your “profile icon.”

tap profile icon bottom

Step 2:

Tap “create icon” and when the drop down menu appears, tap on “Post”

tap profile and tap post

Step 3:

Upload your video from the gallery

Tap the “arrow icon” at the top of the right-hand side

tap arrow icon

Step 4:

You will have all editing options on the top

tap editing

Step 5:

Once the editing is complete, tap “Next.”

tap next

Step 6:

Tap “share” to upload a YouTube video on Instagram.

Tap Share

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Share a YouTube video on the story

Step 1:

Open the Instagram app

Tap the “story icon” on top of the left-hand side

Step 2:

Upload your video from the gallery 

You will have an editing option on the top

Step 3:

Once the editing is complete, tap “>” to move forward on the next tab

Step 4:

Tap “Share” to upload your YouTube video on your Instagram story.

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Share the YouTube video link on the story

Step 1:

Open the Instagram app.

 Tap the “story icon” on top of the left-hand side

tap your story

Step 2:

Tap “Camera”

tap camera icon

Step 3:

Tap “text”

tap text

Step 4:

Paste your video URL.

At this stage, you will also have editing tab on the top

editing option

Step 5:

Tap “>” to move on to the next tab

tap forward icon

Step 6:

Tap “Share”

tap Share (2)

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Khadija Anwar

Meet Khadija Anwar, an accomplished tech writer with over 500 published write-ups to her name. Her impressive portfolio can be found on the ContentStudio blog, LinkedIn, and the Fiverr platform.

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