No date: If there is no year of publication, use the abbreviation (n.d.) for no date.
Title of post: The Title of post is in italics and is in sentence case, i.e. capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Capitalise proper nouns.
Note: For the title of the post, use the first 20 words of the content. After the title in square brackets, include a description, e.g. [Video] or [Photo]. For more information on Instagram references, visit the APA Style Blog.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
Author [@username]. (Year, Date). Title of post [Description of the post]. Site Name. https://xxx
Halvorsen, K. [@karl_halvorsen_photography]. (2019, February 21). The magnificent New Zealand Tui. #tui #tuibird #travel #zealandia
#newzealand #naturelovers
#canonnz #capturenz #destinationnz #nature #newzealandguide #nz #nzgeo #nzmustdo #purenz [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuImL4bl0tB/
Rae, T. [@txmrae]. (2024, May 4). The Milky Way over the icy August landscape of Aoraki Mount Cook national park. Winter here in New Zealand can [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C6igHL8J6PR/
Succes Insdider [@successinsider]. (2024, May 3). The real reason you procrastinate - It's not because you're lazy... #motivation #motivationalspeaker #motivational #inspiration #lifelessons #lifecoaching #successmindset #successtips #mindset #mindsetcoach [Video]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6d4uxNvMnJ/
Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and publication date in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... services closer to home (Bishop, 2024).
Narrative citation: If you use the author’s name as part of a sentence, include the date of publication in brackets, generally at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. Bishop (2024) argued that time was ...
... showing picturesque New Zealand (Jayne, 2023).
Note: If you use a parenthetical citation the first time, followed by a narrative citation, you need to repeat the date.
The NZ Transport Agency (2023) promotes one of New Zealand's parrots for Bird of the Century.
Note: If you use a narrative citation the first time, followed by another narrative citation, you can omit the date. But, if you use a parenthetical citation the next time, you must include the date.