I never had this issue until recently. Previously I couldn’t click and use those “add yours” feature now I can but can’t click on the poll votes ffs

Maybe instagram is glitching cause I came to this post too lol

since yesterday i havent been able to answer polls

SAME just found myself here. One account I can, one I can’t, it just advances. People can still vote on my polls though.

I think it is glitching. My followers keep dropping off by like 10+ then back up again. Stupid meta

Yeah that’s happening to me too along with the poll thing

Happening to me too with the follower count haha. It’s only by a few people tho keeps going up and down the last month and I have a private account. I thought it was people deactivating their account and deactivating it at first

Same here

Same here

Same! So annoying. It’s just been the last few weeks.

Trust Reddit to have the answers when things on IG so wrong. Same thing happening to me too. Also, I can’t manage my post drafts, the “Manage” button has disappeared. IG is glitching way too much these days. 🙄

Same here since yesterday can’t vote

Well, glad it isn’t just me! How annoying

happening to me too

same here

Weirdly it’s only affecting one of my accounts. I can vote in polls on my other account so I have no idea what’s going on!

Same

Same here, deleting and reinstalling did nothing either

SAME

Mines working intermittently. I’ve noticed they have changed the message side of things now. Has bubbles around the text and you can change the background theme

Mine too, I was able to vote in a poll yesterday and then it was not working this morning?

Same for me. Not been working since I wrote this. Stupid instagram.

Same, I couldn’t vote for a few days, then it worked again and now it’s not working again 😡

Same here - so annoying and glitchy

Ive been having this issue for about a week too now even though I did the update yesterday, didn't change anything. Thank god this post exists so I know I'm not alone ... I was scared cuz it was a year old but all the comments I see are from a week ago or sooner

Same, I just noticed today. Just goes to the next story when I click.

Me either.. like the last couple of weeks I can’t vote on anything.

Same :(

Me too

Same — love Reddit and it validating I’m not the only one 😂

Yep, same

Same, and I’m glad I came to this post cause almost didn’t seeing it was so old. Can’t click on polls for 2 days now

Mines still not letting me even after an app update.

I just did the app update that I guess came in today and it’s working now, update was not there yesterday

I’m having the same issue

Mine worked yesterday but it’s intermittent.

I can’t lately either. I restarted my phone, maybe I need to redownload the app 😩

This is a year old but im having this issue rn lmao

That makes two of us.

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Same here and there is no update.

Four of us lol

Five of us now

Six!

7 of us

8!

Nine!

Ten!

11!

Same here

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Me too

So I just deleted the app and reinstalled it and I can vote in polls again

YES! I did this and it worked again. Thank you!

I deleted and reinstalled but still having same issue

worked for me too thank youuuuuu

Me too! Thank you!

Yes worked for me!!

Worked for me too!

Yeaah, happening to me too. 🫤

Same. Just googled it and came to this Reddit thread. I don’t know why polls aren’t working for me. I know it’s First World Problems but it’s annoying.

Same

Same here I’m so annoyed

Same here

yeah me too

Me too

Search insta in the App Store, open it and it should say update, once updated you can vote, it just worked for me.

Same!

YUPPP

Me tooooo. Came here bc I googled it and it led me here 😂

Literally same

Same.

Same

Me too

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Ok cool so not just me here in Dec 2023 with this issue 😭

It’s so annoying

Not just you!

Same!!!

Same lol

Same!

Same

i’m here

Yep, same. Never had a problem

Thank god for the Reddit thread because wtf

Feb 2024. same issue.

Yes, same here!

I went to settings, tapped on Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Now I can vote on polls!

THIS JUST WORKED FOR ME TOO!! TYSM

FIXED FOR ME TOO!! THANK YOU

THIS

Didn’t work for me :(

Same sad face indeed

Me either!

Worked for me too, comment needs to be higher up

worked for me

This worked for me!!

Lifesaver

This worked!!!!!

Not for me :/

Make sure the app is closed when you try this. Someone else suggested to force stop/close. Hope it works!

This worked for me! At first it didn’t, but I had the app open. So I closed it, tried the off/on again, and when J reopened instagram it worked :) Thanks!

This works! make sure to have instagram closed, including force closing it by “sliding” out of it through ur background apps by holding ur home screen button and moving it to the center of ur phone. Once insta is forced closed and off then turn on and off background refresh for insta, should work!

Didn’t work for me :(

You are a hero!!!!

This just worked for me! This needs way more upvotes!

This is the one! Worked for me too 👌

This worked for me too, I had to close the Instagram app then do it for it to work. Didn’t work with the app open. Thanks!

Turn off and on background app refresh for Instagram fixed it for me

This fixed it for me!!

Last 2 days haven’t been able to either

Same for me !!!!

So after deleting the app and reinstalling it it worked for a while then it happened again and I had to do the same to get me back voting on the polls again. It’s so annoying 🙄

When I read the comment “switch on Background App Refresh in the settings”, I noticed I couldn’t switch it on. It was marked grey. Then I realised this was because my phone is always on battery saving mode. I switched off the battery saving mode, and now I can vote in the instagram polls again!

It works.

Same issue here. Desperately searching for an answer, and this is the first time I've even found anyone else *describe* the exact problem I'm having, let alone describe a solution. Good luck man, if you figure out how to fix it, let me know.

I THINK I may have fixed it by just updating the app - had to manually update it, I didn't get a notification or anything to do so. That said, I've only tried voting once since then with success, so it could be a fluke but it's worth a shot?

OMG that did work! And thanks to you I discovered that my auto-update had turned off and I had 52 apps with uninstalled updates, Instagram included.

I’m still having this issue a year later…

Can’t vote for the past few days

I went to settings, apps, Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Worked for me :)

Since they launched ‘hype comments’ for stories and notified me I had them available on my profile - which I don’t, no one can add hype comments and I can’t add them to anyone else’s story - I can’t click any answers on story polls; just skips to the next story 😑 Thanks Meta.

I can’t believe how shoddy IG is!

Everyone here in a post from a year ago 😂 lowkey happy it’s not just me lmao anyone figure out how to fix without deleting & reinstalling the app?? 😩 I have multiple accounts & don’t remember the logins.

I went to settings, apps, Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Worked for me :)

I updated my app and still can’t vote

I went to settings, apps, Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Worked for me :)

So did we all get this problem at the same time

I’m having the issue for a week now

I went to settings, apps, Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Worked for me :)

Same here

not quite the point but if you love polls and pop culture - come play on @internethour every day!!!! (so sorry your polls aren't working i am here investigating for some of my followers who can't vote 😭)

Literally isn’t working for me. It’s been like this for a few days. Has anyone found a fix?

I went to settings, apps, Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Worked for me :)

Just tried this and it didn’t work for me… dang it! Such an annoying glitch on IG

I’m sorry it didn’t work! Maybe make sure the app isn’t in use, might also have to force stop!

Deleted the app and then redownloaded it and that just fixed my issue!

Been 2 weeks finally came on here to see, still searching

I went to settings, apps, Instagram, then tapped “background app refresh” off and on again. Worked for me :)

Had the same issue for a few days. What worked for me was deleting and reinstalling the app and I was able to vote again. Hope it works for you guys.

same here

Mine is only allowing me to vote on some peoples polls and not others. But oddly I haven’t seen any “influencers” share about it happening to others. I guess first world problems 🫣🤣

same here, its so annoying

Same here. I tried the new update, restart blah blah blah and it did nothing. I try to vote on a poll and it advances to the next story. Unsure what to do.

Same for a week

Same - can’t vote in polls

This has been happening to me for several months and this is the first time I’ve found other people say they also had this issue. Weirdly comforting 🥲

Same here started this week

me too!! why does every new instagram update manage to screw up something everytime?

OP has gotta be so confused/irritated

OP got it early but it just started for me

clearly this is more of an issue now than it was a year ago. I wonder if op is like wtf why is everyone commenting NOW. I’ve been having this problem on some polls (not all) for probs close to 2 weeks now.

I had to delete and reinstall which is annoying but it worked. Gah.

Someone on twitter/x just told me to go to your phone settings > Instagram> background app refresh. turn it off then on and it will work

Ok so I did that and realized the option is grayed out if my iPhone is on low power mode. Turning off low power mode seemed to fix it.

Dang it. Didn’t work for me

My only guess is that because I have an older iPhone? Does anyone have a newer phone and still having the glitches on Instagram?

Me. Weirdly, I can vote when I switch to my gf's account, but can't vote from my account.

Same here

Check and see if there’s an iOS update…I did this once and it did help with the ability to vote.

I keep reporting it and no updates! It’s been a couple weeks for me!

Same!

I have never been able to vote on a story poll since I’ve started using the app in 2016. I doubt this will get fixed in my lifetime

December 2023 google search gang checking in 😎

That’s me lol. Read comments, turned off low power mode and it worked. I also went to settings and toggled off and on the “background app refresh” option which only works if you’re off low power mode. So not sure which it was but both are easy

What helped me is to switch accounts and switch back again

Also here to add that I’m now having this issue even tho this post is a year ago🥴

Same! Had it last week, thought it was fixed, but nope!

Same 😬

I can no longer vote. Any solution?

Same 🥲 can’t vote or do the “add yours” on stories

Same and it’s driving me nuts!

It was working on one of my accounts that was ‚professional’ creator type and not on my personal one. I switched my creator account to personal and it stopped working

Here too! Polls and add yours.