As avid Instagram users, we love reacting to people’s stories. You see your sibling’s story enjoying a pool day, and your hands immediately move to the send message option available there. You can now choose an avatar or an emoji or just heart it to express your affection. Now, it’s obvious that your sibling knows you reacted because the hearts appear in the viewer’s list, and your reactions go to their Direct Messages.
If you don’t believe it, just head to your sibling’s DM, and you’ll find your reactions with a “You reacted to their story” and the story you reacted to.
Now, if you love putting up stories too, you see reactions from your followers and friends on the gram via DM and Story viewers.
What if you are unable to view any reactions to your stories? Why is Instagram now showing it to you is the question that occurs in our mind, right?
Well, we are here to deal with such questions, so let’s dive right into it.
Why Can’t I See Reactions on My Instagram Stories?
Instagram may not display your stories’ reactions for various reasons, which we’ll go through to better comprehend the situation. So, let’s review them individually in the following part.
Reason 1: Nobody has reacted to your Instagram story
Let’s begin with the most basic explanation, which lacks any technical reasoning. You may not be able to view reactions because your Instagram friends and followers may not have responded to them. This is the most obvious explanation for why you haven’t seen any reactions until now.
The only thing you can do is wait for people to react to your stories so Instagram instantly displays them to you. If you want to be sure, try asking a close friend or sibling to leave reactions on your Instagram story and check if you can see them.
You should check into any further causes for the Instagram problem if they left a reaction, but you can’t see it.
Reason 2: Shaky internet connection
Instagram doesn’t work at all without a stable internet. We’ve all probably personally experienced at least one instance of Instagram’s failure in the absence of an internet connection.
Well, none of your Instagram features, including the reactions to stories, works without a proper internet connection. The app will display the same old feed and direct messages that were present before the internet crashed.
Thus, think about turning on your wifi or cell data and making sure they are steady if you wish to get more recent reactions.
You can try moving closer to the router, resetting your wifi, or moving to a location where mobile data or wifi is more reliable to see if it fixes the problem. If your internet is working just fine, please look for more reasons below.
Reason 3: Have you updated Instagram?
You must keep up with Instagram’s updates if you want to avoid missing any of them. There are several effects of failing to get updates, and you are currently experiencing one of them. You did read that correctly.
If you haven’t updated your Instagram, it may explain why you can’t view reactions to your stories. In this case, the best course of action is to often update your Instagram app to never face such errors again.
Steps to update Instagram:
Step 1: Open your respective app stores on your device.
Step 2: Click on the search bar and enter Instagram to run the search.
Step 3: Tap on the update option if available.
Once the app is updated, you must open the app to see whether reactions are visible now. If not, look for other reasons below.
Reason 4: In-app cache
We frequently use cache cleaning to get rid of even the smallest annoyances on Instagram or any other app, for that matter. If you have any issues on Instagram, doesn’t cache immediately come to mind?
If the problem persists despite your efforts to resolve it using the above fixes, you must take action and clear your cache. Cleaning the Instagram cache is easy, and we’ve outlined the steps below.
Steps to clean in-app Instagram cache:
Step 1: Open Settings on your device.
Step 2: Go to Apps and select Manage Apps next.
Step 3: Scroll to Instagram and choose clear data from the bottom tab next.
Step 4: Go for clear cache and confirm by pressing the ok button.
Reason 5: Your app is acting up
Our app occasionally behaves unusually, and we may not be aware of the potential causes. You can immediately tell whether it is a server crash by looking at other social networking sites you use.
#Instagramdown is a trending topic on Twitter, and the hashtag is also often used in stories on Facebook and WhatsApp. If Instagram bugs are the problem, have patience and wait for the developers to solve it. You can try switching from the app to the website and see whether Instagram is working that way.
Reason 6: Your Instagram account is the issue
Have you ever considered that there is possibly a problem with your Instagram account that prevents you from viewing reactions to your stories? You may log into a separate account, post a story, and see if your friends and followers can leave reactions.
If the reactions appear, your account is acting up. Why don’t you restart your smartphone after logging out of the app? You must wait a little while and then sign in again to test whether you can now view reactions on the stories.
In the end
You shouldn’t worry if you can’t view reactions on your Instagram stories. Most of the time, the causes are simple, and you can fix it easily. You can always contact Instagram’s support team for assistance if you’re unable to resolve it.
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