If you are a regular user of Instagram, especially one who loves scrolling and flicking through the various story updates from your friends and brands that you follow, then you will be familiar with the rise in TikTok videos shared to Instagram.
Characterised by the TikTok username screen at the end of the video, TikToks are like Reels in that they deliver short form and highly engaging chunks of content that users can share and interact with.
So, what happens when you see a great TikTok that you want to post on Instagram?
Well, first thing’s first, you need to link your profiles to enable cross-platform posting.
How to Link TikTok and Instagram Profiles
Connecting your TikTok profile with your Instagram profile is an important step in enabling sharing.
To do this, you need to head to your TikTok account and select ‘Edit Profile’.
In the ‘Social’ section of your app settings, choose the option to ‘Add Instagram’. You then need to log into Instagram by entering your credentials – connecting your two accounts for seamless sharing.
5 Steps to Post a TikTok to Your Instagram Feed
Once your profiles are linked, sharing across them couldn’t be easier.
- Open the TikTok app
- Find the TikTok video that you want to share
- Click on the three dots icon down the right hand side of the screen
- Select ‘Instagram’
- Make sure that you select the option to share the TikTok to your ‘Instagram Feed’
Once the TikTok video has been carried over into Instagram, you can add any necessary edits, filters, or additional text blocks, and share it to your page.
NOTE: TikTok will bring an automatic credit with it in the form of the original poster’s username on the video. This means that you can share TikToks without worrying about crediting the creator.
How to Post a TikTok As An Instagram Story
You won’t be surprised to read that the steps to post a TikTok to your Instagram story are near identical to those above – with the main difference coming at step 5, when you need to instead choose to share the TikTok to your ‘Instagram Story’.
The same is true of sharing a TikTok to your Reels or to another user via a DM, with buttons available for all four individual actions.
The beauty of sharing content between TikTok and Instagram means that not only does your content get seen by more users, but users will discover your profile on different accounts and be able to follow and engage with you in different places. With both TikTok and Instagram such great online platforms and tools for engagement, we hope that this quick article helps you to maximise your preference and performance on both.
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