Trending Songs on Instagram Reels 2024
Reels continue to be the star format on Instagram, achieving the highest reach, according to our annual Instagram study. Instagram’s algorithm pushes short video content, as it drives user engagement and brand awareness. To create a sense of relatability and reference pop culture, trending songs on Instagram Reels is a strategy to boost visibility.
We know that trends come and go in a matter of days. Social media managers need to stay on top of these trends to create timely content with the hope of going viral. Using trending sounds increases your likelihood of being seen by a wider audience or shared by new users.
Here are the top 10 trending Instagram Reels songs, to test and try with your content.
Trending Songs on Instagram Reels Today
What’s trending on Instagram Reels today? While there are more than just 10 trending songs on the network, this list will give you a good idea of what songs grab user’s attention and appear on their feeds.
Golden Season by Art Music
Golden Season is at the top of the charts for trending Instagram Reels songs, a serene, cozy song that fits perfectly with the beginning of fall. From heartfelt videos, to travel inspiration, this song can leverage your autumn content. This song is featured in 29.6k reels, with the major theme being nature and “autumn vibes”.
Happy and Healthy by 331Music
Another uplifting song trending in Instagram Reels is “Happy and Healthy” by 331Music. This song is included in 93.5k reels. This song can be useful for sharing overcoming hardship, art designs, DIY tutorials, and more.
Perfect Love by Ophelia Wilde
Another trending Instagram reel song continues the inspirational theme, with Perfect Love being an instrumental, piano-dominated tune. Again this creates a “fall vibe”, which creators can capitalize on for the autumn season. This song is included in 38.7k reels and counting.
Mantra by JENNIE
Artist JENNIE released the single, “Mantra” on October 11th which has already hit the Instagram Reels charts. The artist published a reel announcing her latest single, receiving over 53 million views and 4 million likes. Other verified accounts, @jadebug98, and @jennie_hq have used this song in recent Reels, receiving 2.6m and 1.7m views respectively.
WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME by Glorilla
Rapper and songwriter Glorilla released the album, Glorious, on October 11th. The song “WHATCHU KNOW ABOUT ME” has hit the Instagram Reels charts as a trending song. Popular videos show choreographed dances, nail designs, and pop-culture memes. Brands can utilize timely releases like this to reach a wider audience with their content.
Her by The American Dawn
This song has been used in 69.9k Reels, again attracting users looking for “fall” inspiration, ideas, recipes, and more. If you’re looking to share fall-related content, consider using this sound.
Original audio by Oscarantonmusic
One way for users to leverage their Instagram Reels is by creating their own audio. For example, French creator @oscarantonmusic shared this original audio, now featured in over 119k Reels. Despite the song being in French, the transient music is attractive to all ears and compatible with just about any content topic.
Lovefool by pomplamoosemusic
Playing off the original by The Cardigans, band @pomplamoosemusic has created their own rendition which has now gone viral on Instagram, now included in over 600k videos. Similar to “Vibey Birds of a Feather” this song resonates with users who recognize and enjoy the classic song, “Lovefool”.
SPEYSIDE by Bon Iver
Bon Iver released the single SPEYSIDE, which will be featured in the upcoming EP, SABLE. This song is hitting the trend charts. For example, this creator did a great job utilizing this sound to promote their photography business.
Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Indie band, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released the song “Maps” in 2003, however, has resurfaced as a trending song on Instagram Reels. One of the reasons for this is an emerging trend on the internet, which looks something like this:
How to Save Instagram Songs
If you are scrolling through Instagram reels and you find an audio that you would like to save, just follow these simple steps:
- Tap on the name of the audio you want to use.
- Right next to the ‘Use Audio’ you will see ‘Save Audio’.
If you do not see this it is because you must have a Business or Creator Account to be able to save trending audio.
How to Access Saved Songs
- Go to create a New reel.
- If you want to film before, click on the music icon on the left side of the screen
- On the top, you will see the Save button.
- Here you will see all your Saved songs.
You can also access your saved songs through your Instagram bio, all you have to do is:
- Go to your bio and click on the three lines in the top right corner.
- Click on ‘Saved’.
- The first square will say ‘Audio’.
- Here you can access all your saved songs.
How to Find Trending Songs for Instagram Reels
Instagram portrays which sounds are trending with a little up arrow icon. You can find these arrows by browsing the suggested sounds and on the Instagram reel page. There are also several other ways to find trending sounds, so let’s dive right in!
Browse Suggestions
Click on the +, scroll to reel, and click on the trending arrow. This method is a bit less likely that it will match your niche, instead, Instagram will just show you a library of trending songs being used by all kinds of creators.
On the Instagram Reel tab
This method is a great way to start because this is where your tailored reels live. These reels show up on this page because the Instagram algorithm takes into account the content you would like based on your past engagement.
For example, if you post a lot about makeup or engage with makeup, on this page you will likely see a lot of reels having to do with beauty products. This helps you find sounds that will match your niche.
Through the Creator’s Instagram account
This account is where a lot of very useful information regarding Instagram lives. This is a great place to find which trending songs to use from creators who are very in tune with the everchanging trends on the app.
This account gives you all kinds of tips from new trends, to helpful tools, to how to better control your social media presence. This Reel below showcases some recent trends on the platform:
By scrolling TikTok
Using TikTok to get inspired is a great way to find trending sounds. Although they are two completely separate apps, the trends often carry over between the two apps. So, by scrolling the app and seeing some similarities of videos that would match your niche, odds are they could do well on Instagram too! We update the top 10 TikTok songs each week, so this is a great place to see timely trending songs:
Use Instagram Reels Templates
Instagram has recently added Reel templates, so you can easily create professional videos. When going to create a Reel, you will see a Templates option. You can scroll through different templates created by users, and save your favorite ones. These are also broken into different categories such as trending, and recommended.
After selecting a template you want to use, you can add your clips and edit the video to your liking. These templates can be very helpful because many times the sounds that offer templates not only make editing easier, but they are also most likely trending as well. A recent trending template is the sound: Dog Days Are Over by Florence and the Machines. This song has over 683K reels. The template looks like this:
All you have to do is simply add three clips and the template will edit them in to sync it to the sound!
Instagram does not have exact data as to why songs are trending but we believe it is due to the amount of users that save, use, or interact with a certain sound.
For our visual learners, check out our YouTube video on how to find trending audio on both TikTok and Instagram:
Can Businesses Use Trending Sounds on Instagram?
There are currently over 200 million business profiles on Instagram and being that Reels are the most popular type of content on the app, it is likely that businesses are posting reels frequently. As the owner of your business account, you may have run into the issue where a trending sound was not available for your business account to use. We are here to tell you why.
This is because of Instagram’s Copyright rule. Instagram can remove audio or clips of audio from your content if it detects a potential licensing violation. They can also block content or delete content if they believe that you have infringed their copyright rule.
Businesses have access to all sounds that are labeled “Original Audio” as well as songs that are for “Commercial Use”. And not to worry, because there is quite a library full of original audio that is trending!
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We hope this guide to finding trending songs on Instagram reels in 2024 was helpful, and let us know if you have any questions or comments!
