Audio for Instagram Story
Instagram will not post an audio file. This turns audio into 1080 x 1920 MP4 clips with a still cover, each 60 seconds or less.
Cap: 60 seconds per clip
What this page is for
Instagram has no way to post an audio file on its own. A podcast clip, voice memo or demo has to become a video first, in the tall 9:16 shape Stories use.
This page builds that video in your browser: your audio, a still cover image, split into clips short enough to post one after another.
The rule: 3 to 60 seconds per clip
Instagram's help centre states that a video can be 3 to 60 seconds long. Stories are 9:16, so the output is 1080 x 1920.
Clips are H.264 video with AAC audio in an MP4, the combination Instagram expects. A final part shorter than 3 seconds is padded with silence to 3.
Worked example
A 2 minute 20 second voice memo. At the 60 second cap it becomes three clips: 60, 60 and 20 seconds, each 1080 x 1920 with your cover image.
How to use it
- Tap Choose audio and select an MP3, M4A, AAC or WAV.
- Optional: add a cover image, or leave it for a plain title card.
- Keep the 60 second cap, or pick shorter clips.
- Tap Make Story clips.
- Download each part and post them in order.
Questions
Does it work on iPhone?
It needs a browser that can encode H.264 video with AAC audio. Chrome on Android and Chrome or Edge on a computer can. Safari on iPhone needs iOS 26 or later for the AAC part; on older versions the page tells you rather than making a silent video.
Will Instagram mute my clip?
If the audio is commercial music you do not own, Instagram may mute or block it. Use your own recordings or licensed audio.
Can I use a photo as the background?
Yes. It is scaled to fill 1080 x 1920 and cropped from the center.
Is my audio uploaded?
No. The clips are built in your browser.
Related tools
Sizes and results are estimates produced by your own browser. A file that fits the cap is not a guarantee that the destination will accept it: services change their limits, and some check more than size. On iPhone and iPad, Safari limits memory and codecs, so large files can fail there that work on a computer. Keep your original file.