Hey everyone! I’m having this really annoying problem with Instagram stories. When I try to add GIFs to my stories, they just won’t load at all. It started a few weeks ago when only a couple would show up and the rest would just keep spinning with that loading animation. I thought maybe reinstalling the app would fix it, but now it’s even worse and literally zero GIFs are loading. This is super frustrating because I know it used to work fine before. Has anyone else run into this issue? I’ve tried searching online but can’t find any solutions that actually work.
Had the same issue last month - turned out to be a network problem. My internet worked fine everywhere else, but Instagram’s GIF feature is super picky about connection quality. I switched between WiFi and mobile data to test which worked better, then cleared Instagram’s cache in my phone settings instead of reinstalling. The cache clear was what actually fixed it - reinstalling doesn’t remove all the temp files that mess with GIF loading.
yep, I had that too! freeing up some space on my phone did the trick. also, make sure ur ig is updated. it’s really frustrating when gif stuff doesn’t work, hope that helps!