Adding stories to your public Snapchat profile is a great way to share moments from your day with all your friends and connections on Snapchat. Here’s a quick guide on how to do it:
What are Snapchat Stories?
Snapchat Stories allow you to share photos and videos that play in sequence like a slideshow. Stories self-delete after 24 hours. There are two main types of Stories on Snapchat:
- My Story – Photos and videos you add to your own personal story that’s visible to all your Snapchat friends.
- Public Stories – These include stories curated by Snapchat based on location, events, etc. that anyone on Snapchat can view.
In this article, we’ll focus on adding to your own personal My Story that appears on your profile.
How to Add to Your Snapchat Story
Adding photos and videos to your Snapchat Story is easy and can be done right from the app camera.
- Open the Snapchat app and swipe right or tap on the camera icon to open your camera.
- Take a photo or record a video just like you normally would.
- Before sending it to friends, tap on ‘My Story’ at the bottom of the screen (next to the Send button).
- Your photo/video will now be added to your story! Snapchat will confirm it’s been added.
That’s all there is to it! The photo or video will now appear in your story and remain there for 24 hours for all your Snapchat friends to view and reply to.
Customizing Your Story
You can customize your snaps in your story just like regular snaps using Snapchat’s creative tools and features:
- Lenses & Filters: Swipe to browse through 100s of lenses that add animated overlays and filters that transform the look of your snaps.
- Text & Draw: Annotate your snaps with text captions, handwriting, and drawings.
- Geofilters: Add location-based filters with fun graphics when you take snaps in certain places.
Feel free to get creative and make your story snaps visually appealing!
Control Who Views Your Story
By default, your Snapchat story is visible to all your friends on the app. But you can customize who can view your story at any time:
- Tap the settings gear icon in the top right corner of the Snapchat app home screen.
- Select ‘My Story’.
- Under ‘Viewable By’, choose if you want your story visible to ‘All Friends’, ‘Custom’ friends, or just ‘Me’.
This lets you control who sees your story if you ever want to limit it.
Add Snaps Throughout the Day
An advantage of Snapchat stories is that you can continue to add snaps throughout the day as things happen to you. Each snap gets added in chronological order to create a visual narrative of your day.
So feel free to continue to take photos and videos and add them to your current Snapchat story throughout the day. Just open the camera and add them to ‘My Story’ to keep the story going!
View Story Analytics
Wondering who’s actually viewing your Snapchat story and how long they’re watching? You can check out analytics for your stories:
- In your Snapchat profile, tap on the total views number under your story circle icon.
- This will show you view and screenshot stats for each individual snap in your story.
Checking your story analytics can help you know what types of content connects best with your friends!
Delete Parts of Your Story
Don’t want a certain photo or video to appear in your story anymore? You can easily delete specific snaps from your story:
- In your story viewer, press and hold on the snap you want to delete.
- Tap ‘Delete’ to remove it from your story.
The rest of your story will remain intact. But that specific snap will no longer appear.
Save Your Story as a Memory
Want to save certain stories before they disappear? You can preserve them as memories:
- Open the story you want to save.
- Tap the 3 dots icon in the top right corner.
- Select ‘Save to Memories’.
This will save the full story to your memories so you can look back on it anytime. Saved stories don’t have an expiration.
Conclusion
Posting to your Snapchat story is an easy way to share your daily life with all your connections on the app. Simply take photos and videos with the app camera and add them to ‘My Story’ to get started.
You can get creative with lenses, text, drawings, and more. Control who views your story in your settings, and check out analytics to see who’s watching. And don’t forget to periodically add snaps to keep your story going throughout the day!
So start snapping and building out your own story today! Your friends will love getting a visual narrative of your daily adventures.