The 36 Best Instagram Captions for Every Type of Post

If you're anything like me, you take about four minutes choosing a filter for your Instagram photo, and about four hours deciding on a caption.

Worst of all, after much creative effort and advice from friends, I'm usually barely able to write a caption that goes beyond, "Had a fun day with friends!".

And I'm a writer -- go figure.

Next time you're contemplating a caption to go with your Instagram photo, take a look at our complete list of captions for any mood you need to evoke.

Funny Instagram Captions

1. My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch ... I call it lunch.
2. I need a six month holiday, twice a year.
3. I tried to be normal once. Worst two minutes of my life!
4. Started from the bottom now we're ... still at the bottom.
5. There are 16 year olds competing at the Olympics and I still push on pull doors.
6. Namast’ay in bed.
7. That awkward moment when you're wearing Nike's and you can't do it.
8. I'm just a girl, standing in front of a salad, asking it to be a cupcake.
9. What if I told you, you can eat without posting it on Instagram?

Clever Instagram Captions

1. Patience -- what you have when there are too many witnesses.
2. Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s the Clarendon filter.
3. It's okay if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.
4. Life is short, false ... it’s the longest thing you do.
5. There may be no excuse for laziness, but I’m still looking.
6. You have stolen a pizza my heart.
7. Seven billions smiles, and yours is my favorite.

Savage Instagram Captions

1. What's a queen without her king? Historically speaking, more powerful.
2. Be a little more you, and a lot less them.
3. I'm an acquired taste. If you don't like me, acquire some taste.
4. Well behaved people don’t make it into history books.
5. I'm sunshine mixed with a little hurricane.
6. I do a thing called what I want.
7. They say good things take time... that's why I'm always late.
8. I'm not bossy, I have leadership skills.

Song Lyrics for Instagram Captions

1. "I’m gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist." -- Sia, "Chandelier"
2. "I live for the nights that I can’t remember, with the people that I won’t forget." – Drake, "Show Me a Good Time"
3. "I hope you never lose your sense of wonder." -- Lee Ann Womack, "I Hope You Dance"
4. "You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one." - John Lennon, "Imagine"
5. "Feeling good living better." -- Drake, "Over My Dead Body"
6. "Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight, like this city is on fire tonight" -- OneRepublic, "Good Life"
7. "Time makes you bolder" -- Fleetwood Mac, "Landslide"
8. "If I fail, if I succeed, at least I’ll live as I believe" -- Whitney Houston, "The Greatest Love of All"
9. "The rest of the world was in black and white, but we were in screaming color." -- Taylor Swift, "Out of the Woods"
10. "Lightning strikes every time she moves" -- Calvin Harris, "This Is What You Came For"
11. "We aren't ever getting older" -- Chainsmokers, "Closer"
12. "Sing with me, sing for the years, sing for the laughter, sing for the tears" -- Aerosmith, "Dream On"