Free Instagram Story Templates

Calling all social media managers! Are you looking to take your Instagram Stories to the next level? Of course, you are! Being able to quickly make Instagram Stories that make you stand out and are branded for quick use for you or your clients, will help save you time, and money, and make your clients and/or boss love you more than they already do! It’s time to take your Instagram Stories up a notch—especially as Stories are one of the best ways to get your content in the eyes of your followers, and according to Instagram’s own stats, 58% of people say their interest in a brand or product increases after seeing it in Stories. And if that doesn’t convince you to make eye-catching Stories, we don’t know what else will.

With our Instagram Story templates, you’ll get access to a set of Stories that will help your engagement rate on your content. Each template can be customized to your exact specifications, brand colors, and more! All you have to do is click the download link and you’ll be taken to the template where you can start making the template completely your own.

What are Instagram Stories?

Instagram Stories only last 24 hours and appear at the top of your Instagram feed. In your Instagram Stories, you can post images, videos, collages, polls, games, question stickers, links to buy items, shopping stickers, and so much more. It’s an effective way to connect with your audience.

How long can an Instagram Story be?

Instagram Stories have now been upgraded to be 60 seconds long.

Why should you use Instagram Stories?

There are quite a number of reasons to use Instagram Stories.

1. They can bring you closer to your followers as you can directly respond to any of their questions, ask their opinion on something, or directly talk to them in your DMs.

2. They only last 24 hours which means you won’t overload your followers. Any content you don’t want to put on your feed, you can add to your Stories!

3. Repurpose, reuse, or reshare content that you’ve created that you didn’t add to your feed.

4. Stories are less curated than your feed, so you can share more on the go and not worry about it fitting the aesthetics of your feed.

5. You can drive traffic to your website or business with a link sticker to your story.

6. You can get a better understanding of what your audience wants from you by polling your audience and getting an exact feel for what they want.

How do you add an Instagram Story?

Adding an Instagram Story is super easy. Just go to your profile and click the “plus” icon in the top right-hand corner. Select “Story” and from here, you can either create a live story. Or, you can swipe up and add photos or videos you’ve taken previously.

You can add stickers, background, text, and more once you have the Story created before hitting post.

Instagram Story template size

Instagram Stories should be 1080x1920 or 9:16 aspect ratio.

Why use Instagram Stories templates?

Being able to impress with your Instagram Stories is a pretty great skill to have, especially if you want your followers to engage with the content that you share.

And if you use the highlights feature on your Instagram, having aesthetically pleasing Instagram Stories is a great way for your audience to instantly know who you are and what your content will be like.

There are so many reasons to use Instagram Stories templates like:

1. You look professional

It’s one of the biggest ones! Professionalism! Using Instagram Story templates will give your business or brand a better identity. Especially if you make the template your brand colors and keep everything consistent and in line with your overall brand identity.

2. Saves you time

We love saving time. Being able to drag and drop images into your Instagram Story template is so simple and saves you time and energy on creating a new Story each and every time.

3. Stand out amongst your peers

If you want to stand out amongst your competition, having a branded Instagram Story template is the way to do just that. It can help capture the attention of your audience and make your content more recognizable among other similar content on the web.

How to use the Instagram Stories templates

Click the download link and you’ll be taken to our Canva Instagram Story template. From here, you can copy the template and start adding your own twist to each of the Stories.

You’ll find templates for:

• News posts

• Blog posts

• Polls

• Games

• Link in bio sticker

• Event template

• To-do list template

• Quote template

And more.

Get started with your Instagram Story template

Ready to get started? Click the download button to take you to the Canva template that you can then copy and make completely your own!