How to loop a video on Instagram

Instagram is your favorite social network, but even if you make daily use of it, you are aware of not being able to keep up with all its many functions, in continuous evolution. In this regard, you are looking for a solution that allows you to publish a video on Instagram while making sure that the playback continues automatically.

Well, if things are exactly like this and you want to know how to loop a video on Instagram, do not worry: in the next chapters of this tutorial I will provide you with all the useful information relating to the topic in question and, in addition, I will explain, pass step by step, how to do it, through the use of the different features made available by the well-known photographic social network owned by Facebook.

So, if you are impatient to learn more and can’t wait to get started, sit down comfortably and take just a few minutes of free time, so that you can carefully read all the procedures I am about to give you. Put them into practice and you will see that you will succeed easily and quickly in the intent you have proposed. Let it bet? At this point, all I have to do is wish you a good read and a good time!

Index

• Preliminary information
• How to put loops on Instagram
  • In the posts
  • In the reels
  • In the stories

Preliminary information

Before explaining how to loop a video on Instagram, I need to give you some preliminary information about it.

First of all, you must know that, in the past, videos posted on Instagram did not loop: when viewing a movie, its playback would automatically stop at its end. Following some updates, however, the social network has introduced the continuous autoplay feature for videos, so their playback will automatically loop by itself.

This is a natively available feature, you don’t need to do anything to activate it. However, it is good to specify that the continuous automatic playback of videos published on Instagram is supported only for the publication of these contents in posts and reels, not in Stories.

In fact, in case you were wondering how to put a video loop on Instagram in stories, you must know that this is not possible, in the true sense of the term, since the playback of a video published in the stories does not loop. In this section of Instagram, however, it is possible to use an alternative solution, that is the boomerang function which, as I will explain in the chapter dedicated to the topic, is useful for creating short videos that loop for a certain number of times to then finish.

Having made the necessary premises, in the following chapters of this guide I will explain in detail how to publish a video in loop in the posts and reels of Instagram, so that you can take advantage of the native functionality of the social network that automatically plays the videos endlessly.

How to put loops on Instagram

As anticipated, to put a loop on a video on Instagram it is necessary to publish it in the posts or in the reels , as these sections of the social network automatically support the continuous automatic playback of the contents. Alternatively, you can create a looping video in the stories, using the boomerang feature. You will find all the information on how to proceed in the next chapters.

In the posts

To loop a video on Instagram in the posts you must, as mentioned, only publish the video in this section of the well-known photographic social network.

To do this, first start the Instagram app by pressing on its icon located on the home screen and/or in the drawer of your device, and log in to your account, if necessary. Once this is done, in the screen relating to your profile, press the (+) button and tap on the Post item, in order to open the editor relating to the publication of the latter.

Now locate, through the Gallery of your device, the video you want to publish, select it by tapping on it and then press the Next button twice in a row.

At this point, write the accompanying caption for the movie in the relevant text field and then tap the Share button, in order to publish it. Easy, right? In case of doubts or problems, refer to my guide in which I will explain in more detail how to post videos on Instagram.

In the reels

You can post a looped video on Instagram also in the reels, a section of the social network that hosts videos whose maximum duration can be 30 seconds.

To do this, start the photo social network app and, in the section relating to your profile, tap the (+) button, then press the Reel item.

At this point, set the duration of the video (minimum 15 seconds and maximum 30 seconds ) and load the video, selecting it from the Gallery of your device and tapping on the Add item. Then if you want, choose a piece of music to use as a background, using the section with the musical note icon.

Once this is done, press the right arrow button, make any changes to the movie and, finally, press the Share button to publish it. To learn more about using this tool, refer to my guide where I tell you about how Instagram Reels works.

In the stories

Since, as anticipated, it is not possible to loop a video on Instagram in stories, I want to explain how to use an alternative feature that, called Boomerang, allows you to create short videos that loop for a certain number of times (and then stop ).

To use it, after starting the Instagram app on your smartphone, press the (+) button located on the screen relating to your profile and then press the Story item to open the relevant editor.

Now, tap on the boomerang item and record the video to post, by pressing the round button located in the center. Once this is done, after possibly modifying the story just recorded, using the predefined Instagram tools, for example, the stickers (the square face icon ) and the overlay texts ( the Aa symbol ), press the Your Story button to publish the video.

In case of doubts or problems, or for more information on how to make boomerang videos on Instagram, refer to my guide dedicated more specifically to the topic.