Instagram Stories 2026 Guide

Instagram has unleashed its 2026 guide to Stories, covering everything you need to know to use the feature to your advantage.

If you’re brand new to using Stories or if you just want to get more out of them, this is the place to start.

The guide starts from the very beginning, teaching you exactly what a Story is and how you can post one.

It then moves on to how to create Close Friends Stories, view your Archives, and save Stories to Highlights.

After that, it dives deeper into Templates, Layouts, Collages, the different Stickers, and AI features.