Did you ever wanted to post a YouTube video on Instagram, but just couldn't find an easy way to do it?

Content repurposing is a way to reshape a piece of content into another format. In our case it's taking a YouTube video and posting it as an Instagram story. Content repurposing, if done right, can not only increase your reach, but also save you money and time.

In this blog post, we'll walk you through the simple process of posting a YouTube video on Instagram story. This guide will save you time and make your content repurposing strategy more effective, allowing you to focus on creating awesome new content. Let's dive in!

Posting content from YouTube to Instagram isn’t the most straightforward task. There are some challenges involved, mostly because Instagram is not very link-friendly. Also there are some video duration restrictions which you need to keep in mind.

In the next few minutes, we’ll teach you how to trim, edit and optimize your YouTube video for Instagram using YT2IG.

Let’s begin!

Go to the YouTube video you want to repurpose for Instagram, and copy the URL from the taskbar by pressing the keyboard shortcut "ctrl + c" or by right-clicking on it and selecting "copy" from the context menu.

YouTube video page with selected YouTube URL

Step 2: Go to YT2IG and paste the URL of the YouTube video

Open YT2IG.COM and paste your YouTube video URL to the input box as show in the picture.

Step 3: Trim your video and select 'Story' as Instagram format

After your video has been uploaded, it will appear on the YT2IG editor. Now, it’s your turn to edit and do some magic! Trim your video and select "Story" for Instagram format as shown in the picture.

Step 4: Click on export and select your desired video quality

After you’re done with trimming and resizing the video, select your desired video quality: 360p or 720p. Then just click on "Export Video" and the export process will start.

Step 5: Export, preview and download your video!

Once your video is rendered you’re ready to go.

You can preview your video and if you are happy with the result simply click on “Download MP4” and then download the video. It’ll automatically start downloading.

After the download is completed you can post the downloaded video to Instagram story!

Final thoughts

That's it! Repurposing your YouTube content is one of the best decisions you can make if you want to increase your reach and grow your audience. By following the steps specified in this tutorial you can easily share your YouTube videos on Instagram story. Yt2IG is here to simplify the process even more!

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