FREE Canva Reels Cover Templates for Instagram

20 editable templates to help your brand look polished, cohesive, and intentional.

A woman standing in front of a pink curtain with a quote overlay that reads, 'Enter an impactful takeaway from your Reel,' and a handle '@yourhandle' at the bottom.
Two women with headphones in a podcast recording, one smiling at the camera and one looking down at her phone, with a colorful gradient background and text that says 'All about this topic.'
A woman with dark hair, wearing an orange jacket, is sitting on a maroon couch while talking on a red telephone, with text overlay in colorful letters.
Two women sitting close together, each holding a glass of rosé wine. One woman's hand is visible, resting on her lap with a silver bracelet. The women are wearing light-colored dresses or tops, and the background is dark and blurred.
Social media profile template with a sunset beach background, profile picture of a woman, placeholder for name, handle, and title.
A colorful promotional graphic featuring two elderly women in swimsuits and towels wrapped around their heads, wearing sunglasses, against a gradient background of yellow, orange, and pink. The text includes placeholders for a reel title and indicate
A young woman with curly hair wearing headphones and a green top, smiling with closed eyes, against a blue sky background with clouds, with a quote about a reel overlayed.
Graphic for a social media reel with a gradient background, placeholder text 'Topic of your reel goes here', and a photograph of a smiling red-haired woman sitting indoors with plants in the background.
A woman with dark wavy hair wearing an orange blazer smiling with her arm raised behind her head, set against a green background, with colorful neon frame and text overlay promoting a new viral reel.

Made for Small Business Owner who are tired of having weirdly-Cropped Close Ups on their grid

👉 Coaches & consultants

👉 Content creators & influencers

👉 Social media managers

👉 Online business owners

👉 Anyone ready to give their Reels grid a glow-up

Two women with headphones in front of a colorful gradient background with the text 'All about this topic'.
Two women holding glasses of rosé wine at a social gathering.

What’s included in your free pack:

💅 20 Aesthetic and Customizable Designs of Reels Covers

👌 Editable inside Canva

👩🏽‍💻 Easy to match your brand vibes, colors, fonts and photos

🔥 Works for any business niche, service, physical product, digital products, startups, educational, creator, coaches and more

💻 Comes with a quick demo video to help you customize

Black and white photo of two women wearing towels on their heads, sunglasses, and swimsuits, set against a colorful gradient background with text overlay promoting a reel collaboration.”}
A woman in an orange jacket sitting on a red couch, talking on a red telephone, with colorful text overlay.

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Watch how fast and easy it is to make your Reels covers stand out (without starting from scratch).

“Why use Canva Reels cover templates for Instagram?”

Many entrepreneurs and content creators want a beautiful Instagram feed, but struggle with the inconsistent look of random Reel thumbnails. These free Canva templates for Instagram help you keep your content branded, clear, and professional-looking — without hours of design work.

They’re especially helpful if you’re posting tutorials, educational content, storytelling Reels, or content for clients.

“Will Reels Covers Created in Canva lower my engagement or hurt me with the algorithm? “

No! This rumor started when a big accounted said years ago that “the algorithm doesn’t like it when things are created outside of Instagram,” but that myth has been since debunked by Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, on several occasions in his Instagram Q&As.

“Do I need to Add a Cover to every single Reel?”

That’s up to you. I like adding one for at least every other Reel, as long as the Reel that don’t have covers have previews that look good on the feed. I love how the covers help with brand recognition for visitors of my Instagram profile. Especially for those who post a lot of Reels and don’t show their branding enough in their content. But if you don’t have time, you can always post the Reel and batch-create your covers later. To add a cover after the Reel was posted, just open the Reel, go to edit and you will see the option to edit cover!

A colorful collage featuring various reel covers with placeholders for titles and branding. The top left says "VIBRANT REELS COVERS" in dark purple text on a lavender background. Other covers include images of people with sample text prompts for customization, such as "How I do this thing?" and "Enter the title of your reel here." There is a pink circle with yellow and white text "YOUR SOCIAL TEAM" and a pink label "REEL COLLAB" on one cover. The overall design is vibrant and modern, suitable for social media content creation.

Make your Instagram grid look as good as The Quality of your content.

20 editable templates to help your brand look polished, cohesive, and intentional.

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