Did you know that you can use hashtags on Instagram Stories too? Actually, you can hide hashtags on Instagram Stories too!
If you use Instagram at all, you’ll know that hashtags are really important. These nifty little words and phrases prefixed by a # allow your content to be categorised and searched by these terms making it a lot more discoverable.
But what about Instagram Stories? You might not realise, might think that not that many people use them, or might thing they would look ugly. Thing is, you can hide a hashtag on an Instagram Story, which means that more people might be using them than you think… and that they won’t mess up any aesthetic either. So, without further ado, here are five ways to hide hashtags on Instagram Stories.
5 ways to hide hashtags on Instagram Stories…
1 – Colour match. This is particularly good for still images or text based posts on a coloured background. You can type your hashtags in and then just use the colour match option to make the hashtags the same colour as the background. This hides your hashtags. Simples.
2. Make them REALLY small. You can make your list of hashtags really, really small by just pinching them and making them tiny. This doesn’t mean they’re completely hidden from view but depending on the image or video, it’ll make them hard to spot.
3. Put them behind a sticker. For this one, just put your list of hashtags onto your Story and then use a Sticker over the top. Shrink the list down and it’s a lot easier to hide!
4. Put them behind a gif or Emoji. The same as the above applies really – get the hashtags added, decrease their size and pop them under a gif or an Emoji as relevant – and then you’ve hidden them on Instagram Stories.
5. Put them behind a shared story. When people tag you in Stories you usually have the option to share on yours (depending on their settings). When this is the case, you can share at full size, but you can also shrink and rotate the shared image and, if you like, you can pop your hashtags behind it. Good eh?!
These are five easy ways to hide your hashtags on your Instagram Stories. Of course, if you want to use them and not hide them, all power to you! You can even use the hashtag sticker if you like (although this will only allow you to post one). But do give it a spin and have a look and your insights to see if it helps the reach of your Stories, you might be surprised.
Pssst – Episode 8 of the Small & Supercharged Podcast was all about Instagram Stories… you can listen here…
