Mock up a 9:16 Instagram story with progress bars, your photo or a gradient, and overlay text.

Quick looks
Load a ready-made story, then make it yours.
Account
Background
Story bar
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Tap a bar to choose which story is playing.
Overlay text
Stickers & extras
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Golden hour ✨
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About Instagram Story Generator

The Instagram Story Generator mocks up a full 9:16 story screen, complete with the segmented progress bars at the top, your account name and avatar, a time-ago label and the "Send message" reply bar. Use your own photo as the background or pick one of the built-in gradients.

Overlay text supports four styles — Clean, Strong, Neon and Typewriter — with adjustable position and a custom color. You can also add the stickers people expect on a real story: a music sticker, a yes/no poll, a link sticker and a location sticker. The progress bar is interactive: choose how many segments the story has and which one is currently playing.

Quick looks such as golden hour, a flash sale, an AMA, a travel diary and a party announcement load complete story designs you can restyle. The result downloads as a PNG sized for stories, ideal for content planning, client previews and portfolio mockups.

How to use Instagram Story Generator

  1. Set your username, avatar and the time-ago label.
  2. Upload a background photo or choose a gradient backdrop.
  3. Pick the number of story segments and tap a bar to set the active one.
  4. Write your overlay text, then choose its style, position and color.
  5. Add optional stickers — music, poll, link or location — and toggle the reply bar.
  6. Click Download PNG to export the 9:16 story.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Designing and downloading story mockups is free, with no sign-in and no credits involved.

Yes. You choose the total number of segments and which segment is active, so the mockup can show, for example, story 3 of 5 mid-playback.

You can add a music sticker with artist and song title, a poll with a custom question and answers, a link sticker with its own label, and a location sticker with a place name.

The story is rendered at the vertical 9:16 ratio Instagram uses, so the PNG drops straight into presentations or planning documents without cropping.

No. The photo is read and composited entirely in your browser, and the PNG export is generated locally too.


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