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Duration
3.9s
Frame
640 × 360
Export
MP4, GIF, MOV (alpha)
Resolution
Up to 4K
About the Instagram Avatar Follow animation
Upload a square profile image, replace the Instagram handle and choose your follow and confirmation wording. Button, panel and story-ring colors are editable; the Instagram glyph remains fixed. The ring and check animate as a visual invitation to follow. They do not verify an account, publish a story or perform a follow. Preview the circular crop and keep your handle clear of the platform glyph.
Where it fits
At the end of an Instagram tutorial Reel, linking the creator's portrait to the account worth following.
Over a behind-the-scenes clip that introduces the person behind a brand account.
In a recurring tips series where the same profile image and follow prompt tie each installment together.
Filling it in
Upload a centered portrait and enter the Instagram handle with @. Keep Follow label and Confirmation short enough to read in one glance. Button color, Panel color, and Story ring color are separate controls; choose a ring that stands apart from the photo.
Format and timing
Instagram Avatar Follow is built at 640 × 360, a 16:9 landscape frame, the shape of a YouTube video, a stream layout and most editing timelines, and runs 3.9 seconds at 30 frames per second. It arrives in 0.9 seconds, holds for 2.2 and clears in 0.7, so cue it a beat before the moment it labels. Export it as an MP4 for a timeline or a feed, a GIF where video will not embed, or a MOV with an alpha channel to lay it over footage with nothing behind it. Renders go up to 4K on a paid plan.
What you can edit
Profile imageimage
Instagram handletext
Follow labeltext
Confirmationtext
Button colorcolor
Panel colorcolor
Story ring colorcolor
Questions about Instagram Avatar Follow
Does the profile ring indicate a live Instagram Story?
No. The ring is part of the graphic and does not read the account's Story status. Its color is editable independently of the button.
Does the FOLLOWING state follow the account automatically?
No. The label change is a visual call to action. Viewers must use Instagram's own follow control.