About IGLiveStream
IGLiveStream is an archive of celebrity Instagram Live broadcasts and Stories. It currently holds 11,891 videos from 640 public figures, captured while they were being broadcast and kept watchable after Instagram removed them.
Why the archive exists
Instagram deletes a live broadcast the moment it ends unless the creator shares a replay, and shared replays are removed after 30 days. Stories disappear after 24 hours. In both cases the content is genuinely gone - not hidden, not archived privately for viewers, just deleted.
That makes a large amount of public output from public figures unrecoverable within a day of it being posted. IGLiveStream records it as it happens so it stays watchable.
How content is captured
Automated capture monitors a curated list of public figure accounts. When a tracked account goes live, the broadcast is recorded in real time; stories are collected daily and compiled into a single clip per day, with monthly recaps for longer spans. Each video keeps its original broadcast date, duration and thumbnail.
Videos are hosted on YouTube and embedded here. Live broadcasts are browsable per person and per year; stories are browsable per person and per month.
Which accounts are included
- Public accounts only. Private accounts are never archived.
- Public figures only, musicians, actors, athletes, creators and other notable public accounts. Private individuals are not tracked.
- Publicly broadcast content only, lives and stories that were posted to a general audience, not close-friends content or direct messages.
Where coverage has gaps
Being straightforward about this matters more than looking complete:
- A broadcast can only be archived if it was recorded while running. Nothing from before an account was added can ever be filled in.
- There are no videos between 2022 and 2025. The archive covers 2019–2021 and resumes in 2026. See the statistics page for exact per-year counts.
- Coverage per person varies enormously, some accounts have hundreds of archived videos, others a handful.
Removal requests
If you are a rights holder or an archived account owner and want content removed, contact us and it will be taken down. Requests are honoured without argument; there is no appeal process to navigate.
Not affiliated with Instagram
IGLiveStreamis an independent archive. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Instagram or Meta Platforms. “Instagram” is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Figures on this page are computed from the archive and were last updated August 3, 2026.