How to Share Tidal Music to Instagram Stories and Facebook Stories

By Miley Swift Updated on 2026-09-29 / Update for Tidal Tips

Quick Answer: You can share Tidal music to Instagram or Facebook Story via the Tidal mobile app directly. Just open the Tidal app, find the music you want to share, navigate to its sharing options, and choose the platform you want to share. However, if you want the actual Tidal song play as background audio in your Story, you can get Tidal music as local files first via AudFree Tidal Music Converter and then add them to your Instagram Story or Facebook Story.

Tidal allows you to share music, videos and more to your Instagram stories and Facebook stories through its built-in sharing options. After you share your music or video, your followers will see what you're listening to right now. Moreover, they are able to check your music taste from past to present. Also, comments can be left as replies to your music story like other stories you post.

In this article, we will show you how to share Tidal music to Instagram stories and Facebook stories. You will also learn how to use Tidal music as background music and add it to Instagram and Facebook. Also, there are some practical solutions to fix Tidal Instagram stories not working issue.

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Part 1. How to Share Tidal Music/Videos as Stories on Instagram and Facebook

Tidal allows you to share songs, videos or links on Instagram and Facebook from the Android and iOS apps. The stories you share will be static images showing what you're listening to. If you share a video, it will show a 15-second preview on Instagram stories and a still image on Facebook. Skip to Part 3 if you want to share real songs on Instagram and Facebook.

Make sure you have Tidal, Instagram or Facebook installed on your phone. Then let's see how to share Tidal audio or video content to Instagram stories and Facebook stories.

Step 1. Open Tidal on your Android or iOS phone.

Step 2. Find the song, album, artist, or video that you would like to share. Then find and click the 'horizontal ellipsis' icon and choose the 'Share' option.

choose share option

Step 3. Then click on either 'Instagram Stories' or 'Facebook Stories'.

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Step 4. You will be navigated to the relevant app to check your post.

Note:

You don't share the actual audio file into Instagram or Facebook. When someone opens the music link, they can choose one of the available streaming service to listen to the music.

Part 2. How to Add Tidal Music to Instagram or Facebook Stories via Screen Recording

If you don't just want to share a Tidal link, you can screen recording Tidal music and add the music to your video clip for posting on Instagram or Facebook.

Section 1. How to Screen Record Tidal Music on iPhone and Android

Step 1. Open Tidal app and find the song you want to record.

Step 2. Go to Control Center > Screen Recording on iPhone or go to Quick Settings > Screen Recorder on Android. And then start recording.

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Step 3. Back to the Tidal app to start playing the song. Later, stop recording.

Step 4. Go to Photos app to find the recording.

Section 2. How to Post Tidal Music on Instagram and Facebook Stories

Step 1. Open Instagram or Facebook, start creating a new Story and choose the recorded video from your Photos app.

Step 2. Edit the video if needed and then publish it with Tidal songs.

Part 3. How to Add Tidal Music to Instagram Stories or Facebook Stories

To use Tidal music on Instagram or Facebook stories, here is another solution that you can try. Use AudFree Tidal Music Downloader to download Tidal songs as local files and share them on Instagram and Facebook. This way you can add Tidal songs to your Instagram stories or Facebook stories as background music instead of just static images.

AudFree Tidal Converter is both a Tidal downloader and a converter. It allows you to download music from Tidal to computer locally. You can also use it to convert Tidal music to popular audio formats, including MP3, FLAC, etc.

With the original sound quality and complete ID3 tags kept, you can enjoy the original Tidal music on your device. You can also share downloaded Tidal songs on Instagram and Facebook or with your friends. Even if they don't have the Tidal app installed, they can listen to songs you share.

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  • Losselessy download Tidal music as local audio files
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Share Tidal Music to Instagram Stories and Facebook Stories: Detailed Steps

Step 1. Load song/playlist/album/artist from Tidal to AudFree
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Download and install AudFree Tidal Music Downloader on your computer. Discover the song/playlist/album/artist that you would like to download and share. Next, open the song/playlist/album/artist, click on the '+' > 'Add to list' button to add them.
Step 2. Modify output parameters for Instagram stories and Facebook stories
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After the files are loaded, now you can go for changing the output settings. Please find the hamburger icon on the upper 'menu' bar and then choose 'Preferences' > 'Conversion'. Here, you can reset the output options such as format, bit depth, sample rate, channel, etc. As a suggestion, please change the output format to FLAC or WAV, bit depth to 16 bit or 24 bit for keeping the best quality.
Step 3. Download Tidal songs as local files for Instagram and Facebook
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Directly hit on the big 'Convert' at the Converting list interface. Then the conversion begins at a super-fast speed. When the converting phase is finished, please follow 'Converted' to access the target folder where all local Tidal music files are saved. Now, you can directly share the downloaded Tidal songs on your Instagram and Facebook. You can also use them as background songs and add Tidal music to Instagram stories and Facebook stories.
Tips:

If you want to add music to Instagram or Facebook Stories from other music services, you can use AudFree Streaming Audio Recorder. It can download music from Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube Music, Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music and so on. What's more, it can download Audible audiobooks, online podcasts and online radio for free.

Part 4. How to Fix Tidal Instagram Stories Not Working

Why is Tidal Instagram stories sharing not working? If Tidal music isn't working on Instagram, there could be some potential causes:

1. The Tidal app or Instagram app is out of date

2. You have outdated temporary or cache files

3. Your device operating system is out of date

According to the possible reasons above, you can follow the solutions below to fix the problem.

Solution 1. Restart Your Phone

Restarting your device is the first and easiest solution you can try. It's possible that there are too many apps running in the background, which causes the Tidal or Instagram app not to work properly. In this case, rebooting your device wipes out all your running app data and gives your phone a clean refresh.

Solution 2. Restart the App

Similarly, you can force-stop the Tidal and Instagram apps and then restart them. Below is how you can restart the Tidal app.

Step 1. On your phone's 'Settings', navigate to 'Apps'.

Step 2. Find the 'Tidal' app and then choose 'Force Stop'.

You can try the same way to restart Instagram. Then open Tidal and see if you can share Tidal to Instagram stories as normal.

Solution 3. Update the App

Social sharing is only available in the latest Tidal app. Therefore, you need to make sure your Tidal app is up to date. Also, check that Instagram is up to date.

For Android: Open 'Google Play Store' and find 'Tidal' and 'Instagram', then update them.

For iOS: Open 'App Store' and search for 'Tidal' and 'Instagram'. Once found a new update, update them to the newest version.

Solution 4. Update the OS

If your device's operating system is outdated, there may be some app incompatibility issues with the device. It may likely to cause the problem of Tidal Instagram stories not working.

For Android: Open 'Settings' and scroll down and tap on 'System' > 'System update'.

For iOS: Open 'Settings' and choose 'General' > 'Software Update'.

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Solution 5. Clear the App Cache

Try clearing the cache of Tidal and Instagram may solve the problem. Below is an example of clearing the Tidal cache.

Step 1. Open the 'Settings' app and then choose 'Apps & Notifications'.

Step 2. Scroll down and find 'Tidal'. Choose it and then tap on 'Storage'.

Step 3. Tap on the 'Clear Cache' button.

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Part 5. Final Thoughts

If you are a Tidal subscriber, you can easily and directly share Tidal music and video content to Instagram stories and Facebook stories. But they are just static images, your friends cannot listen to them directly.

So, if you want to share Tidal to Instagram stories and Facebook stories as the actual music files, you can use screen recording or local audio files method. By the way, with AudFree Tidal Music Converter, you can download Tidal songs as local songs and then share them easily. Even if your friends don't have the Tidal app and a Tidal subscription, they can directly listen to the songs you share.

Miley Swift

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Miley Swift is a professional content creator in the field of music entertainment and tech. Passionate about Tidal streaming technology, she is adept in offering and updating relevant tech skills and tools of Tidal music.
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