Keep Your Feed Lit This Fall With These October Captions

While some days in September still feel a bit like summer, October leaves no question as to what season it is as cool air settles in, PSLs are in full swing and everyone heads to the pumpkin patch for the weekend. Getting the right October captions for your socials can be hard, especially when you'd rather be adventuring than brainstorming the right words. So, whether you want captions for October 1st or some words to go alongside your bachelorette party or bridal shower post, we did the hard work for you. Take a perusal and pick your favorite so you can share those fall photos sooner rather than later.

The Best October Captions for Instagram in This Story: Quotes | Funny | Cute | Short | Clever | Editor's Favorites

Plus: How to Do an October Dump on Instagram

October Quotes

Some of you might be looking for "Hello, October" captions for Instagram while others want to find that famous Anne of Green Gables October quote. Either way, you've come to the right place, and we even tossed in the Mean Girls October 3rd quote, among others, for good measure.

• "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." — Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
• "October is all about me 'cause your turn should've been over" — "Slime You Out" by Drake
• "I think your house is haunted." — "seven" by Taylor Swift
• "On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was." — Cady Heron in Mean Girls
• "I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift." — Dodinsky
• "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." — The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• "So when you hear this autumn song, remember the best times are yet to come." — "Autumnsong" by the Manic Street Preachers
• "Past the pumpkin patch and tractor rides, Look now, the sky is gold." — "The Best Day" by Taylor Swift
• "Don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets, and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow." — Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
• "The time we woke up to find that summer gone." — "Tim McGraw" by Taylor Swift
• "And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves..." — To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
• "You're so golden." — "Golden" by Harry Styles
• "We could slip away wouldn't that be better, me with nothing to say and you in your autumn sweater." — "Autumn Sweater" by Yo La Tengo
• "Autumn … the year's last, loveliest smile." — William Cullen Bryant
• "Plaid shirt days" — "All too Well" by Taylor Swift

Funny October Captions

The best funny October quotes often make for memorable October Instagram captions, although that can depend on your friends' senses of humor. Here are a few options that made us giggle, but it's up to you to know if this is what will leave your followers in stitches.

• Piles of pumpkins 🎃🎃🎃 > piles of laundry 👕👖👗
• Did someone say apple cider donuts? 🍎🍩🍏
• Just baking care of business.
• Witches get stitches.
• Let's give 'em pumpkin to talk about.
• How 'bout them apples? 🍏🍏🍏
• I like big sweaters and I cannot lie.
• Don't text, I'm on PSL duty ☕
• Why did the tree giggle? It heard acorn-y joke.
• No such thing as too many layers 🧣
• Fifty shades of autumn 🍂🍃🍂
• Not NOT going to overdo it on all the basic fall things.
• Pilates…or…pie 🥧 and ☕ lattes?
• Temps droppin' sweater shoppin'.
• Can a girl have too many pumpkins? 🎃🎃🎃
• Did anyone ever figure out why Green Day wanted to sleep through September?

Cute October Captions

The best October caption ideas will be authentic to you and the season, which hopefully includes some Halloween-themed wedding festivities, bridal showers and more. This often means you can keep your words short and sweet, like these adorable October IG captions.

• Cozy girl fall 🧣🍃🍂
• TFW the first leaf falls 🍁
• Get ready for fall with me.
• 🍁 Happy fall, y'all 🍁
• Crunchy leaves season.
• Snack-o-lantern 🔥🎃🔥
• Haunting your feed.
• 🍃🍂 Little Miss Fall 🍂🍃
• Feeling snuggly, might delete later.
• Stay boo-tiful 👻
• Under the harvest moon 🌕
• It's officially snuggle season.
• Hold my candy ❤️
• I'd like to see you s'more.
• Self care szn.
• Change is cool 💚🧡💛
• Bake my day 🥧
• Fall for me.
• Putting the "aw" in autumn.

Short October Captions

Some of the best October captions take just a few characters. Here are top picks for your simple October dump captions.

• Sweater game strong.
• Free fallin'.
• Mad for plaid.
• 🔥 Fall on fire 🔥
• So snatched.
• Cinnamon season.
• Autumn dump.
• Boo 👻
• CEO of fall.
• Hay bebe 🧑🏽‍🌾
• Spooky season.
• S'more love.
• Autumn Vibes? ✅
• Gone peepin'.
• Hot girl fall.
• The next Commander-in-Leaf 🍁

Clever October Captions

Looking to spice up your feed with some witty October captions? Then these are for you. Extra points if you figure out how to combine these with wedding countdown captions to make sure everyone knows just when you're tying the knot.

• Not your boo 👻
• Channel the flannel.
• We haven't lost a tailgate yet 🍻🏈🍻
• Squad ghouls.
• I would trick you, but I'm already your treat 🍭
• Back to cool.
• It's giving Gilmore Girls.
• When life gives you pumpkins…
• Follow the yellow leaf road 💛💛💛
• Orange you glad it's October?
• 🧣 Scarves and stripes.
• Rake it till we make it.
• Bad to the bone.
• 💯 that witch 🧙‍♀️
• Witch way to the pumpkin patch?
• 🍃 Leaves falling, autumn calling 📱
• Oh my gourd.
• September's over // time to wake up.

Editor's Favorite October Photo Dump Captions

When it comes to end-of-October captions, you'll want something that can sum up the whole month without getting too specific as you'll probably have pics from all sorts of adventures. These top options for October recap captions are broad enough for a photo dump without getting off-topic.

• Autumn archives.
• 🍁 October's Finest 🍁
• I'll just leaf these here.
• New season, who dis?
• Fall understood the assignment.
• October's Very Own 🧣🍃🍂
• Stressin', dressin' and pumpkin obsessin' 🎃
• You can't say we didn't make the most of the season.
• Fall tings 🏈🍻🎃🥧🍃

How to Do an October Dump on Instagram

Fall means all things cozy, from hot, steaming cider to snuggling up under a flannel blanket to stargazing with your squad. For some, attending a few fall-themed weddings may even be in the cards. Take a hint from these adventures, using fall colors like brown, orange, yellow and red to bring warmth to your feed. If you go to the pumpkin patch, football game or on a leaf-peeping road trip, make sure to share that love alongside some October captions with friends. As always, don't let the chase for the perfect pic take away from the adventures you're having this season.