What an Instagram collaborator is
An Instagram collaborator is a co-author. When you add someone as a collaborator, the post shows on your profile and on theirs, with both names in the header. The likes and view count are shared. This is different from tagging or @mentioning a person. A mention links to their account, a collaborator co-owns the post.
How to add collaborators
There are two ways.
While writing the draft. In the post editor, find the "Collaborators" box and pick people from your contacts. It lists the contacts that have an Instagram handle, and you can choose up to three. Because it uses your contacts, the correct Instagram handle is filled in for you. The box appears once you have an Instagram account selected, or before you have picked any platform. To add someone who is not a contact yet, add them under Contacts first with their Instagram handle.
On a single Instagram post. Open the Instagram post in the editor, find the "Instagram collaborators" box below the caption, type the username, and press Enter or "Add". This sets the collaborators for that one post only and takes priority over what the draft set.
You can remove a collaborator any time before the post goes out by clicking the small cross on their chip.
After the post publishes, each collaborator gets a request in their Instagram app. The post only appears on a collaborator's profile once they accept. Until then it stays a normal post on your profile.
Where collaborators show up
Once you have added collaborators, they appear as chips on the post in the Ready, Scheduled, and Published views, so you can see at a glance who is set as a co-author.
Limits
- Collaborators work for single image and video posts and for Reels.
- Instagram does not allow collaborators on a carousel (a post with more than one image or video). If your post has several media items, the collaborator field has no effect.
- Use the exact Instagram username, without the leading @. FeedMansion removes a leading @ for you if you type one.
- The other account has to accept the request. FeedMansion cannot accept it for them.