{"id":351,"date":"2023-07-22T09:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T09:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/tech\/?p=351"},"modified":"2023-07-22T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T09:22:18","slug":"how-to-like-a-story-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessyield.com\/tech\/how-to\/how-to-like-a-story-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Like a Story on Instagram: Best 2023 Guide","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram recently introduced a new way for users to interact with stories by simply liking them rather than sending a direct message.<\/p>

Before now, the only way to interact with an Instagram story was to re-share it or reply to it with a comment.<\/p>

All of these options clogged up users’ DM inboxes with notifications.<\/p>

With this update, you can now interact with a story by tapping the like button, just as you would with a regular feed post, which does not send the other user a DM notification.<\/p>

While the button appears to be identical to those found on feed posts, there are some significant differences.<\/p>

Here is everything you need to know about them.<\/p>

How Instagram Story Likes Work<\/span><\/h2>

A heart-shaped like button now appears on Instagram stories.<\/p>

Users can express their appreciation for your story by clicking the “like” button. However, unless you manually check, you won’t know how many people liked your story or who liked it.<\/p>

Meanwhile, you can see who liked your story in the “viewer sheet,” which is where you go to see who looked at it. And because story likes are tracked in the viewer sheet, you’ll have 24 hours to keep track of how many people like a story before the data disappears. The goal of rolling this update out is to reduce notifications so Instagram will not notify you of story likes.<\/p>

Plus, story likes are not visible to the public, so only you will know how many people liked a story.<\/p>

Instagram did not explicitly state whether story likes will have an algorithmic impact.<\/p>

So it’s unclear whether stories that receive a lot of likes will be pushed to the front of the stories carousel.<\/p>

We also don’t know if liking a story increases its chances of appearing in the Explore tab.<\/p>

Likes on feed posts, on the other hand, have an algorithmic impact on the main feed and the Explore tab.<\/p>

See Mosseri’s announcement below for all known details about Instagram story likes:<\/p>

\u2764\ufe0f Private Story Likes \u2764\ufe0f

Starting to roll out today, you can now send some love by liking people\u2019s stories without sending a DM.

Likes on stories are private and do not have counts. Rather, they appear as hearts next to people\u2019s handles in your Stories view sheet. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc pic.twitter.com\/l56Rmzgnnw<\/a><\/p>— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) February 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>

How to \u201cLike\u201d a Story on Instagram<\/h2>

Follow these steps to “like” a story on Instagram once you have access to the feature:<\/p>