How to create a place on Instagram

You are a photography enthusiast and also a travel lover. Precisely for this reason, since you joined Instagram, you have been posting photos of all the places you visit. In this regard, you would like to make your followers understand which cities you go to by inserting geographical references in your posts, but you do not know how to do it, as you do not yet know in depth the overall functioning of the well-known photographic social network.

How do you say? That’s how things are and, therefore, are you wondering how to create a place on Instagram? If so, I am happy to inform you that you have just happened upon the right tutorial at the right time! In the next paragraphs, in fact, I will explain to you in detail what are the possibilities at your disposal and I will show you how to act, so that you can succeed in the intent you have proposed.

So make yourself comfortable, take all the time you need to read the information contained in the next chapters and, more importantly, put in place the operations I am about to give you. You will see that, following my instructions, adding a place on Instagram will be a very simple operation to complete. At this point, I wish you a good read and, above all, a good time!

Index

• Preliminary information
• How to create a place on Instagram without Facebook
  • In the posts
  • In the stories
• How to add place on Instagram bio

Preliminary information

Before explaining how to create a place on Instagram, I need to give you some useful preliminary information in this regard.

First, you need to know that Instagram doesn’t allow you to create custom places. In the past it was possible to bypass this limit using Facebook: by creating a personalized place on the famous social network (which now also owns Instagram), this could in fact also be used on Instagram.

However, to date, this procedure is no longer feasible. It is still possible to create a custom place on Facebook, but this cannot be used on Instagram.

At the time of writing this guide, it is still possible to add a place on Instagram by geotagging posts or stories, through the use of the official functionality of the photographic social network. However, it is necessary to use an existing place. In reality, it is still possible to enter a custom place, but only if it was created through Facebook, when the integration of the function was supported by Instagram.

Having said that, let’s see how to add a place on Instagram in the main sections dedicated to the publication of multimedia content.

How to create a place on Instagram without Facebook

As anticipated, it is still possible to create a place on Instagram, understood as the possibility of adding geographic information relating to the place depicted in one’s shots published in stories or posts. So let’s see in more detail how to proceed.

In the posts

To add a geographic tag to posts published on Instagram, you must necessarily act through the smartphone photo social network app. To start, start the latter through its icon located on the home screen and/or in the drawer of your device, in order to log in to your account, if necessary.

Then, on the main screen, press the (+) button to create a new post. Then select the photo or video you want to publish and press the Next button twice in a row.

At this point, in the next screen that is shown to you, press the Add place item and activate the location on your device, if you want to add a place located nearby, or type in the Search text field the name of the city or place to add.

Finally, after selecting the place of your interest, click on the Share button to publish the post.

In the stories

Even in stories of Instagram you can add geographic tags. to start, press the (+) icon located on the main Instagram screen and select the wording Story, to access the editor dedicated to the creation of stories on the famous social network.

At this point, create the story by taking a photo, recording a video or importing content from your device’s Gallery. Then, press the square face icon and tap the Place button.

Once this is done, if you wish, activate the GPS on your device, in case you want to geographically tag a place where you are. Alternatively, using the Search text field, type the name of the place you are interested in and then tap on the corresponding search result.

Finally, when you are ready, press the Your Story button, to post the story on Instagram.

How to add place on Instagram bio

If you want to add a place in your Instagram account bio, you need to know that unfortunately, personal Instagram accounts don’t have this feature.

even by pressing the Edit button corresponding to your profile, to edit the Biography section, it is not possible to add a place, unless you type it manually. In this case, however, the place will not be clickable, as it is only a textual addition.

However, if you have a corporate Instagram account or if you make the switch to it for free, so that you can also take advantage of the professional tools related to statistical data, you can add a clickable place in your profile bio, as the company address.

After switching to a corporate Instagram account, via the Settings menu > Account> Switch to a professional account of the app, go to your profile and press the Edit button.

Now, presses on the wording Contact options and then on the one called Company address . Finally, in the text field City, enter the place of your interest and confirm the operation by pressing the buttons End, Save, and at end, so you can view the place as you added in the biography of your Instagram profile.

For more information about it, I suggest you read my tutorial dedicated more specifically to the topic.