How to Use the Pick an Emoji Carousel, AirDrop Collage, and More Instagram Trends This Week (Trends for June: Week 1)
June is here and Instagram is already serving up some formats worth jumping on early. This week's Trend Drop inside Your Template Club has four of them, and I am genuinely excited about this pack because the variety is so good.
You have got interactive, relatable, funny, and expert-positioning content all in one drop. That is a full week of content right there, and none of it requires you to film anything, write something from scratch, or figure out a concept yourself.
I want to walk you through each one, what it is, why it is working, and how to actually make it yours. Because the template is just the starting point. The real magic happens when you plug in your niche, your voice, and something your specific audience is going to recognize immediately.
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Trend One: Pick An Emoji Carousel
This is the one I want you to start with. We have done a version of this before inside The Club, it did really well around Valentine's Day, and now it is coming back around with an emoji twist. I tested it last Friday and it performed great, so this is absolutely the one to prioritize this week.
The concept is simple and that is exactly why people love it. Each slide of the carousel has an emoji and a line that follows from it. Something like: pick the emoji that matches you, then follow the line to find what you need. Maybe it leads to an affirmation. Maybe it leads to a piece of advice specific to your niche. Maybe it leads to a resource you offer.
What makes this format so engaging is that it feels personal. Your audience is not just passively reading your content. They are making a choice and feeling like the result was made specifically for them. That keeps people swiping, and swiping means more time spent on your post, which is exactly what the algorithm rewards.
One thing I want to flag on the design side: do not move the lines. The lines in this template are precisely aligned so they flow continuously as people swipe. If you shift them, the whole effect breaks. You can absolutely change colors, and I do recommend making sure your emoji colors are distinct enough from each other that each path is easy to follow visually.
Pro Tip: If you want to swap in different emojis, you can go into Canva elements, search for the emoji you want, and look for the graphics that most closely match the iOS emoji style. The native Canva emojis and the iOS emojis are different because Canva does not have the rights to use Apple's versions. So if you type the emoji directly as text in Canva, it will look right on screen but download differently. Use the elements search instead.
This one works for any niche. Coaches, service providers, product sellers, fitness, food, style, all of it. If you are not sure what to put at the end of each line, think about what your audience is always searching for or asking you about. Point them there.
Trend Two: The AirDrop Collage
This one is genuinely pretty to look at, and it is also doing something really smart strategically. The format is a collage-style image with your photo in the center, surrounded by floating elements, and a text overlay that says something like "comment [word] and I'll drop it to you." It is literally visual shorthand for AirDropping something valuable directly to your audience.
I actually put a freebie inside the version I built for the club this week because this format is one of the best ways to remind your audience that you have free stuff to give them. Freebies and lead magnets drive email subscribers, and this type of content makes the offer feel casual and generous instead of salesy.
That said, you do not have to use a freebie here. You could drop a mindset shift. A piece of advice. A framework you use with clients. A recommendation your audience would save. The "drop" framing works for anything that feels like something you are handing to them directly, not broadcasting at them.
For the design, the collage elements are replaceable. Go into Canva elements or photos, find what fits your brand, and swap anything that does not match. You do not need to replace all of them. Change one or two that feel off-brand and leave the rest. The visual impression still holds.
This one pairs really well with a ManyChat trigger in the caption. Set up your trigger word, write a short caption that tells people what they will get, and let the automation do the rest.
Trend Three: Am I Good at Math?
This is the fun one, and please do not skip it just because it sounds silly. It works. The concept is a single feed post with a clean, graphic look. The question is "Am I good at math?" and your answer is written out as an equation. Something like: sadness plus [what you sell or recommend] equals [the positive outcome].
So if you are a social media manager, it could be: stress about posting plus done-for-you templates equals time back in your week and a full content calendar. If you are a health coach, it could be: burnout plus the right morning routine equals actually having energy again.
The reason this works is the same reason all relatable content works. It takes something your audience already feels and pairs it with something that gives them relief, and it does it in a way that makes them smile first. When people smile at your content, they remember you. And when they remember you, they are more likely to think of you when they are ready to buy.
If you want to get more personal with it, you can make the equation about something your audience connects with that is not directly tied to what you sell. Something like: do not disturb mode plus a good playlist equals the only way I get anything done. That kind of relatable post does not pitch anything. It just makes people feel like you are the same kind of person they are, and that connection is worth a lot.
On the design side, this one is very flexible. You can add a photo of yourself, your logo, a small icon, or just keep it text-forward. Whatever makes it feel most like your brand.
Trend Four: Date Canceled
This one is a Threads trend that we translated into a clean two-page carousel, and it is a smart one for any business owner who wants to establish themselves as an expert without writing a ten-slide educational post.
On Threads, the format uses the "spoiler" feature where you tap to reveal a hidden message. The reveal is usually a red flag, a deal breaker, or something worth knowing that most people gloss over. On Instagram, we recreated that same feeling with a two-page swipe. The first page sets up the "date canceled" situation. The second page is the reveal: the red flag in your niche, the thing your audience should watch out for, or the thing that is a non-negotiable for working with you or buying from your category.
What I love about this format is that it is a knowledge post dressed up as entertainment. You are positioning yourself as someone who knows the thing other people do not always say out loud. That is expert-level content, and it is also inherently shareable because people love sending "watch out for this" content to their friends.
Think about what the real red flags or deal breakers are in your niche. What do you wish your clients knew before they came to you? What do you see people get wrong all the time? What would you tell a friend who was about to make a mistake in your area of expertise? That is your date canceled moment.
Why These Four Trends Work Together
This is something I think about with every Trend Drop, and I want to point it out here because it is worth understanding as you plan your week. These four formats are not just four random trending posts. They cover four completely different reasons someone might engage with your content.
The Pick an Emoji Carousel is interactive content that keeps people swiping and makes them feel personally seen.
The AirDrop Collage is a value-drop post that drives list growth and makes your freebie feel cool instead of desperate.
The Am I Good at Math post is personality-driven and relatable, the kind of thing people save or send to someone.
The Date Canceled is authority content that signals you know your niche deeply.
When you post all four across a week, you are not just showing up consistently. You are hitting your audience from different angles, and different people respond to different types of content. The person who scrolls past your carousel might stop for the math post. The person who never engages with your educational content might send the Date Canceled post to their entire group chat.
That range is the goal. Not every post can do everything. But the right mix of formats means more people get something from your content, more often.
That is the whole idea behind Trend Drops. Instagram moves fast, and a format that is everywhere this week can feel tired three weeks from now. When we spot something gaining traction, we build the templates and get them into the club while the timing is right so you can post early, get more reach, and not spend your afternoon trying to figure out a Canva layout from scratch.
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About Manu Muraro
Manu Muraro is the founder of Your Social Team, a content marketing brand helping small business owners grow through strategic email marketing and Instagram content.
She’s the creator of Your Template Club, one of the first Canva template subscriptions designed for Instagram, and the founder of Your Inbox Team, a weekly email marketing membership that helps entrepreneurs send consistent, high-converting emails in under 15 minutes.
Manu is also the creator of The Reelies Awards, the first award show celebrating Small Business Owners and Creators’ creativity and originality in Instagram Reels.
A former creative strategist at Cartoon Network, Manu brings award-winning experience to everything she creates — from viral Reels to done-for-you content that saves time and drives results.
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