After many reported facing issues, users are asking ‘Why are my Instagram stories blurry?’ Luckily, we have a couple of explanations as to why it’s happening and even some potential fixes.
In the last few days, many people have reported that when they’re posting Instagram stories, they’re appearing blurry. Others are saying that when viewing posts that the quality isn’t what it should be.
According to Down Detector, the blurry images on Instagram stories aren’t on the site’s end, which may be even more frustrating if it’s to do with your device.
Thankfully, there are ways you can help fix the blurry problems.
Users Are Asking ‘Why Are My Instagram Stories Blurry?’
It’s clearly an issue that many have faced as reports have come in across social media.
However, there are a couple of different reasons why this might be happening.
Firstly, Instagram has a limit on the quality of photos or stories you can upload. For posts, this is 30MB and plummets to 4MB for your stories. Therefore, if your phone is taking something in a much higher resolution, then the app will compress it, therefore making it appear blurry.
We all like adding effects, stickers and music to our Instagram stories, but this can actually decrease the quality of the post too.
Otherwise, your Instagram stories being blurry could be coming from your camera/picture settings on your device, or perhaps small bugs affecting the app.
Potential Fixes For Blurry Images On Instagram
Luckily, there are some things you can try to get the problem fixed instead of just having blurry images.
Firstly, you should try decreasing your image size and quality before you upload it so that Instagram doesn’t change it. The site recommends 1080 x 1920px resolution or 30fps and for it to be vertical. You should also limit the amount of media in your stories so that doesn’t affect them either.
Secondly, if you’re taking your videos/pictures through your phone’s camera before uploading them, then you can fix your settings. Head to picture quality in your settings and change it to ‘high’ to see a better resolution. Typically, this issue is flagged to you anytime you visit your image library.
Lastly, we always recommend deleting and reinstalling the app and clearing Instagram’s cache on your device. In fact, we suggest doing this for all your social media. This will stop any minor bugs by properly refreshing the app, plus any stored cache data could be running an old version, affecting the quality of your images.
Trying all of these should sort out any issues you’re having with blurry stories on Instagram. The site hasn’t confirmed they’re having issues on the end, but keep an eye out if your problem persists.