How to put Instagram Live comments on your stream
No code, no API approvals, no complicated OBS setup. Here's exactly how IGOverlay turns your Instagram Live comments into an animated overlay for your stream.
This overlay is insane 🔥
Four steps to your first overlay
Follow along — most creators are live with a custom overlay before their coffee gets cold.
Add the Chrome extension
Install IGOverlay from the Chrome Web Store and sign in with a free account. Your permanent overlay URL is created instantly.
Go live on instagram.com
Start an Instagram Live from your computer (Create → Live video) and stream to it from OBS using the stream key Instagram gives you.
Press ⏺ Overlay
IGOverlay adds an Overlay button to the Live window. Press it and your Instagram comments start flowing to your overlay.
Add a Browser Source in OBS
Paste your overlay URL into a Browser Source (1920 × 400 works well). Style it any time in the Overlay Studio, changes apply live.
How the technology works
Powerful where it counts, invisible where it matters.
Browser extension
The IGOverlay Chrome extension reads new comments from your own Instagram Live window on instagram.com. No API keys, no approvals, no Instagram password.
Visual editor
Tune colors, gradients, fonts, timing and animations with instant live preview. Save and your overlay updates everywhere.
Browser source URL
Each session gets a unique URL with a transparent background — paste it into OBS, Streamlabs or vMix.
Real-time rendering
Comments are pushed to your overlay over a live channel and animate on screen the instant they arrive.
Any streaming software with a browser source
Your Instagram comment overlay is a normal web page with a transparent background, so it works in OBS Studio, Streamlabs, vMix and every app that supports a browser source.