What Add Yours Does and Where to Find It
Add Yours is a sticker you place on Instagram Stories that invites your followers to share their own response to a prompt you write. When someone taps the sticker, Instagram shows them your prompt and a text box where they can type an answer. Their response then appears as another story in a chain, visible to people who view your story.
The sticker lives in the same menu as other interactive tools like polls and questions. To find it, open Instagram and start creating a new story by tapping your profile picture in the top left, or swipe left from your feed. Once you're in the story editor with a photo or video selected, look at the sticker icon (it looks like a square smiley face) at the top of your screen.
Tap that sticker icon and scroll through the options until you see "Add Yours". The sticker may not appear if your account is new, set to private, or if Instagram hasn't rolled out the feature to your region yet — the company releases features gradually rather than all at once.
Key Takeaways
- Add Yours is a sticker in Instagram Stories that lets followers respond to a prompt you write, creating a chain of answers visible to other viewers.
- You find the sticker by opening a story, tapping the sticker icon at the top, and scrolling to "Add Yours" in the menu.
- The sticker works best with open-ended questions or prompts that encourage short text responses rather than yes-or-no questions.
- Responses from your followers appear as a chain within your story, and you can see who answered and what they wrote in your story insights.
- If Add Yours does not appear in your sticker menu, your account may be too new, set to private, or the feature may not yet be available in your location.
Writing a Prompt That Gets Responses
The prompt you write is the entire point — a vague or boring prompt will get few answers, while a specific one invites people to engage. Instead of "What do you think?", try "What's your go-to coffee order?" or "What's the worst information you've ever received?" Specificity gives people something concrete to respond to.
Keep the prompt short enough to read in a few seconds. People scrolling through stories won't stop to parse a long question. A single sentence or a short phrase works best. You can also use the prompt to ask for recommendations, confessions, or opinions — anything that has multiple possible answers rather than one correct one.
The tone of your prompt shapes the tone of responses. A playful prompt gets playful answers; a serious one gets serious ones. Think about what kind of conversation you want to start before you write the sticker text.
How to See What People Answered
When followers respond to your Add Yours sticker, their answers form a visible chain in your story. Anyone viewing your story can swipe through the responses to see what others wrote. You can also see the full list of responses in your story insights by tapping the three dots on your story and selecting "Insights".
From the insights view, you can see each person's name and their exact response. You cannot edit or delete individual responses — only the person who wrote the answer can remove it. If a response violates Instagram's rules, you can report it through the same menu.
Why Add Yours Might Not Show Up
If you tap the sticker icon and don't see Add Yours in the menu, the most common reason is that your account is brand new. Instagram typically requires accounts to be at least a few weeks old before the feature becomes available. The company also restricts the sticker on accounts set to private, since the feature is designed to create public engagement.
Add Yours also rolls out by region and by user, meaning some people have it while others in the same country do not. If you've waited several weeks and your account is public, the feature may straightforward not have reached your location yet. Check back in a few days or weeks — Instagram gradually expands access to new features rather than releasing them everywhere at once.
If your account is very new or you've had violations of Instagram's community guidelines, the sticker may be temporarily unavailable. In that case, focus on building a clean account history and the sticker should appear once your account is in good standing.
Using Add Yours Strategically
Add Yours works well when you want to start a conversation or learn what your followers think about something. Creators use it to ask for story ideas, get feedback on content, or straightforward make their stories more interactive. The sticker also signals to Instagram's algorithm that your story is engaging, which can help it reach more people.
Avoid using Add Yours too often — if every story has a sticker, followers may stop engaging with them. One or two per week is usually enough to keep the feature feeling fresh. Also avoid prompts that ask for personal information like phone numbers, addresses, or full names, since responses are visible to other viewers.
What Happens to Responses After Your Story Expires
Instagram stories disappear after 24 hours by default, and the Add Yours responses disappear with them. If you want to keep a record of what people answered, take screenshots of the responses or save them to your phone before the story expires. You can also view the responses in your insights even after the story is gone, though only you can see that data.
If you save your story to your archive or post it as a highlight, the Add Yours sticker becomes inactive — people can no longer add new responses. The chain of responses that existed when you posted will still be visible in the archived or highlighted story, but it stops growing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I see who wrote each response to my Add Yours sticker?
Yes. In your story insights, you can see the name of each person who responded and exactly what they wrote. Only you can see this information — other viewers of your story see the responses but not the names attached to them.
What if someone writes something mean or inappropriate in their response?
You cannot delete their response directly, but you can report it to Instagram by tapping the three dots on your story, selecting "Insights", finding the response, and choosing "Report". Instagram will review the response and remove it if it breaks the rules.
Can I use Add Yours on a video story or only on photos?
Add Yours works on both photos and videos. You can add the sticker to any story you create, whether it's a still image or a video clip. The sticker appears in the same place and works the same way on either type of content.
Do people have to follow me to respond to my Add Yours sticker?
No. Anyone who can see your story can respond, whether they follow you or not. However, if your account is private, only your followers can see your stories in the first place, so only they can respond.
Can I see how many people viewed my Add Yours sticker versus how many actually responded?
Your story insights show the total number of views and the number of responses. The difference tells you how many people saw the sticker but did not respond. This information helps you understand which prompts get the most engagement.