story dump
/ˈstɔːri dʌmp/
CommonPosting a large batch of photos or videos to your Instagram stories at once.
Less polished than a grid post. The appeal is the rawness and volume. Watching someone's story dump feels like catching up on a night you missed.
Real-world examples4 examples
| # | Example | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | story dump from this weekend incoming, sorry in advance | The person is about to post a lot of story slides and acknowledges it might flood followers' feeds. | instagram, 2023 |
| 02 | she did a 60-slide story dump from the trip and i watched every single one | Someone posted an extremely large number of story slides and someone else watched all of them. | x, 2023 |
| 03 | my story dump game is undefeated. 30 slides minimum from any night out. | The person always posts a large number of story slides after events. | tiktok, 2024 |
| 04 | nothing like a late night story dump to let people know you had fun | Posting a large batch of story slides signals a good time was had. | instagram, 2023 |
Use it when
- Someone uploads many story slides at once from an event or outing.
- Someone backdates a lot of content by posting it all in one go.
- Describing the act of unloading a backlog of photos or videos to stories.
Do not use it when
- You mean a carefully curated or spaced-out series of story posts.
- You mean photos posted to the main grid rather than stories.Use “photo-dump” instead.
Story dump vs photo-dump
story dump
Story dump is a batch of content posted to Instagram stories, temporary by default.
VS
photo-dump
Photo-dump is a batch of photos posted to the main grid, where they stay permanently.
Origin and context
Emerged alongside the rise of Instagram Stories after the feature launched in 2016. 'Dump' as in unloading a large amount of content at once without heavy curation.
- First seen
- late-2010s
- Confidence
- medium
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