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How to Comment a GIF on Instagram

How to Comment a GIF on Instagram

Instagram lets you reply to a post with a GIF instead of words: open the comments, tap the smiley face next to the comment field, switch to the GIF tab, search GIPHY and tap a GIF — it posts immediately, with no send button to press.

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  • SystemAndroid
  • AppInstagram
  • Last verifiedNovember 13, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open Instagram

On the home screen, tap the Instagram icon.

Open Instagram

Tap the comment icon

Open a post — the film uses a Red Bull Reel — and tap the comment bubble on the right side. It shows 600 comments.

Tap the comment icon

Tap Add a comment

In the comments sheet, tap the Add a comment field at the bottom.

Tap Add a comment

Tap the smiley face icon

With the keyboard open, tap the smiley face icon at the right end of the comment field.

Tap the smiley face icon

Tap GIF

The sheet offers Create your avatar first. Ignore that and tap the GIF tab at the bottom right.

Tap GIF

Tap Search GIPHY

In the GIF picker, tap the Search GIPHY bar at the top.

Tap Search GIPHY

Type a keyword

Type a keyword for the GIF you want. The film types “dance” and the results start loading.

Type a keyword

Pick a GIF

Tap a GIF from the results. The film picks the first one, a dancing man at the top left.

Pick a GIF

Check the GIF is posted

The GIF is posted at once as your comment — here under the_help_screen, 53 seconds ago — at the top of the comments.

Check the GIF is posted

Good to know

  1. The GIF posts the moment you tap it — there is no send button and no text is added. The film’s GIF appears under the operator’s own account, the_help_screen, seconds later.
  2. GIFs come from GIPHY: the picker shows trending GIFs first, and the search box finds GIFs for any keyword — the film searches “dance” and picks the first result, a dancing man.
  3. The smiley face icon opens a choice, not the GIF picker directly: the sheet first offers Create your avatar, and GIF is the tab at the bottom right.
  4. The post used here is a public Red Bull Reel with 600 comments. Commenter names and avatars in the screenshots are blurred; the Red Bull account is left visible because it is a verified brand account.
  5. This posts a new GIF comment of your own. Just viewing the comments on a post is a separate task — see How to View All Comments on an Instagram Post.

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