How to Use ‘Add Yours’ Sticker on Instagram Story

Instagram Stories are a nifty way for users and influencers to interact with their followers. You can even make use of some cool Instagram Story features for your profile, like Live Photos and Stickers. Speaking of Stickers, you can use the ‘Add Yours’ sticker to invite more responses to your Stories.

For those curious, the ‘Add Yours’ sticker on Instagram allows you to add your own post to a prompt. Say, for instance, you might stumble upon an ‘Add Yours’ story asking you to share the best sunset photos! Needless to say, the ‘Add Your’ sticker for your Instagram Stories can make them more interactive and engaging. If you’re wondering how to make the most of the feature, follow the steps outlined in this article. Note that the steps are applicable to both iPhone and Android users.

How to Use ‘Add Yours’ Sticker on Instagram Story

The ‘Add Yours’ sticker allows you to post a topic or question and invite viewers to share their answers as their Instagram Stories. Viewers can answer by posting photos, videos, text, GIFs, etc. This sticker helps in improving engagement on your Instagram profile. Here’s how to use it.

Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android phone.

Step 2: Swipe left from the home screen to open the Story view.

Step 3: Add a picture or video for use as a background for your sticker.

Step 4: Tap the Sticker icon at the top and select the ‘Add Yours’ sticker.

Step 5: Add a question or thought you want to share with this sticker.

You can tap the dice icon to get suggestions for texts to post on the sticker.

Step 6: Tap on Done at the top-right corner to confirm.

Step 7: Once you have selected the text for your sticker, tap the arrow icon at the bottom-right corner to post your Story.

You will now be notified whenever someone uses your ‘Add Yours’ sticker to post on their Story. To view responses on your ‘Add Yours’ sticker, just open your Instagram Story that has the sticker and tap on it.

You will see the profile icons and names of users who have used your sticker.

Hide ‘Started By’ Credit From ‘Add Yours’ Sticker on Instagram

You can hide that you started a chain of responses using the ‘Add Yours’ sticker. Here’s how.

Step 1: Open the Instagram app and tap on the Story in which you used the sticker.

Step 2: Tap the ‘Add Your’s sticker.

Step 3: Tap the three dots at the bottom right side and select ‘Hide Started by Credit’.

You can also choose to disable the ‘Add Yours’ sticker notifications by tapping ‘Turn Off Response Notifications’.

How to Use ‘Add Yours’ Sticker From Other Instagram Profiles

You will be notified of this sticker from your friend’s Instagram Stories. But you can also choose to use the ‘Add Yours’ sticker from other profiles as well. Here’s how.

Step 1: Open the Instagram app and tap the Search icon at the bottom.

Step 2: Type Add Yours in the Search Bar at the top.

Step 3: From the results for the ‘Add Yours’ sticker, tap on a Story to use the sticker.

Step 4: Tap on Add Yours to add your response to the sticker.

You can also check the responses from other profiles on that sticker by tapping on it.

Best Fixes for ‘Add Yours’ Sticker Not Working on Instagram

If you cannot use the sticker, here are some basic solutions to fix the issue.

1. Force Quit and Relaunch Instagram

Force quitting and relaunching the app will give Instagram a fresh start on your Android or iPhone.

On iPhone

Step 1: On the home screen, swipe up and hold to reveal the background app windows.

Step 2: Swipe right to look for Instagram and swipe up to remove the app.

Step 3: Relaunch Instagram and check if the problem is solved.

On Android

Step 1: Long-press the Instagram app icon and select App Info.

Step 2: Tap on Force Stop and select OK to confirm.

Step 3: Close App Info and relaunch Instagram to check if the problem is solved.

2. Login Again to Your Instagram Account

Another basic yet effective solution is to log in again to your Instagram account.

Step 1: Open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android phone.

Step 2: Tap on your profile icon at the bottom-right corner.

Step 3: Tap the hamburger menu icon at the top-right corner to open Settings.

Step 4: Scroll down to the bottom and tap on Log Out.

Step 5: Sign in again to your account and check if the problem is solved.

3. Update Instagram

There can be a bug in the app’s current version causing this issue. Use the link below to install the updated version of Instagram.

Update Instagram on iPhone

Update Instagram on Android

4. Report to Instagram

Lastly, you can report the problem directly to Instagram if it bothers you frequently. Refer to our post to learn how to contact and report an issue to Instagram.

Make Stories More Interactive

Using the ‘Add Yours’ Sticker on your Instagram Story is a great way to initiate a chain of thoughts and discussions on the platform, not just amongst your friends but also with other users. Let us know the most responses you’ve gotten on an ‘Add Yours’ story in the comments below.