Note: Sharing Instagram reel will only share the link of the reel on Facebook, not the actual video itself even though both services are owned by Meta.

How to Share Instagram Reels on Facebook Profile

You can share any Instagram Reels as a Facebook Post using the native share option on your phone while the reel is open in the Instagram app is open. This is true for both your own reels and reels from other Instagram profiles.

  1. Open any Reel on Instagram that you want to share on Facebook as a post.
  2. Now tap on the Share icon (Paper plane icon) at the bottom right corner and then tap on the Facebook option in the menu.
  3. This will open the Facebook post page where you can add a description, tag friends, check-in location, etc. as you deem fit. Once done, tap on the Post button at the top right corner to post the Instagram reel on Facebook.

How to Share Your Instagram Reels on Facebook Automatically

Instead of manually sharing all your Instagram Reels on Facebook, you can automate the process. Once enabled, all your Instagram reels will be posted on Facebook too along with your Instagram username. Also, when you share automatically, Instagram won’t just post the link to your reels, it will also share the reel video. So users can watch the video directly on Facebook itself. That’s not the case when you share reels manually.

  1. Open the Instagram app and upload the reel by tapping the plus icon at the top right corner.
  2. Now select the Reel option in the bottom bar and select the video that you want to post as a reel.
  3. Once selected, adjust the time frame and tap on Add. Then make all the needed changes with the tools provided by Instagram to edit your reel.
  4. Once done, tap on the Next option to enter the publish page.
  5. Here scroll down to the bottom and tap on the Recommend on Facebook option. Now enable the toggle beside Recommend on Facebook to turn it now.
  6. If you want to upload all your future Instagram reels to Facebook too, select the Turn on for all reels option. If you want to only upload your current Instagram reel on Facebook, then select Turn on for this reel option.
  7. Finally, to share, tap on the Next button and then tap on Share. Now when you publish this reel on Instagram, it will be visible on Facebook as well. Note that for this feature to work, you don’t have to connect your Facebook account to Instagram. Instead, it will show the reel on Facebook with your Instagram username. Once turned on, all your future reels will be available on Facebook too. You can turn it off for any specific reel if you want to in the future though.

How to Share Instagram Reels on Facebook Groups

If you have joined any Facebook group, instead of just posting Instagram reels on your Facebook profile, you can also post in any of the groups that you are part of.

  1. Open the Instagram Reel that you want to share on your Facebook Group.
  2. Now tap on the share icon (Paper plane icon) at the bottom right corner.
  3. Then in the system share sheet, select the Facebook option.
  4. Now on the Facebook page, tap on the Share to Feed to open a drop-down and select In a group option.
  5. It will open a page with all your Facebook groups. Choose a group that you want to share the reel on.
  6. Once done, you can add a description, tags, etc. and tap on the Post button at the top right to publish the reel.

How to Share Instagram Reels on Facebook Pages

The steps to share Instagram reels on the Facebook pages is a bit different compared to the Facebook groups. Facebook treats pages as a separate account now.

  1. First open the Facebook app and tap on the hamburger menu at the top right corner. Here, tap on the drop-down icon beside the profile name.
  2. In the drop-down, select the Facebook page where you want to post the Instagram reel. Facebook will switch your account. Now when you share an Instagram reel, it will be posted to the selected page instead of the account or group.
  3. Now open the reel that you want to share on the Instagram app. Here tap on the share icon (paper plane icon) at the bottom right corner and then select the Facebook option.
  4. Then on the Facebook page, add the description, tag people, etc. Once done, tap on the Next option at the top right corner to post it to the Facebook page that we selected in the above steps.

How to Share Instagram Reels on Facebook Messenger

To share an Instagram reel on Facebook Messenger, you need to download the Facebook Messenger app on your smartphone first. Also, Facebook is trying to merge Instagram and Facebook chats for quite some time now, so you should be able to find some of your Instagram contacts there too.

  1. Open the reel on Instagram that you want to share with your friends on Facebook Messenger.
  2. Then tap on the Share icon (paper plane icon) and select the Messenger app in the menu.
  3. Next, tap on the Send button beside the Messenger contact you want to share the Instagram reel with. As mentioned, you should also find some of your Instagram contacts here. When you send them a reel, they will also receive the message on the Messenger app instead of Instagram itself. However, it shares only a link to the Instagram Reel instead of the video itself.

Instagram Reels on Facebook

Unless you enable automatic sharing for your reels, all the manual methods of sharing reels on Facebook shares Instagram reel’s link only and not the video itself. As of now, there is no official way to send videos directly. If you do want to share Instagram Reels directly, then you need to download Instagram Reels manually and share the videos. But do that only for videos that you own or have taken permission for as it can lead to copyrights issues.