What are the copyright limits for using music in Instagram reels?

When using copyrighted music (regular songs) from Instagram’s music library for your reels, you typically have a 60 to 90 second limit due to copyright restrictions. If you exceed this limit, you would need to pay licensing fees to the artist. To avoid issues, keep your reels under 90 seconds when using copyrighted music from the library. While you technically could create custom audio externally with multiple songs and upload it, this is unnecessarily complicated for most creators—it’s simpler to stick with single tracks from Instagram’s library and keep within the time limits.

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Asked by an artist confused about music usage limits · Answered by Indra · Office Hours · 2026-06-18