Platform Image & Video Sizes
The exact pixel size each platform asks for, in one index. Pick a placement to see the frame it draws over, the part that stays safe, and the aspect ratio behind it.
All platform sizes
Ten of the most-used social upload sizes, each with its own worked example.
- Instagram StoryA Story fills the whole phone screen, and the only frame that does so without padding or cropping is 1080 × 1920 — the 9:16 portrait shape.
- YouTube Thumbnail1280 × 720 is the thumbnail size YouTube asks for, and 16:9 is the shape of every player.
- X Header1500 × 500 at 3:1 is the header size X asks for, but that canvas is the most deceptive on any social platform.
- Pinterest PinPinterest is the one major platform that rewards a tall image rather than a vertical video frame.
- LinkedIn Profile banner1584 × 396 at 4:1 is the LinkedIn profile banner size — a strip wider than any other profile header on a major platform.
- TikTok VideoTikTok shows one clip at a time on a full handset screen, so the only file that fills it edge to edge is 1080 × 1920 — the 9:16 portrait rectangle.
- Instagram Feed postThe feed is the one Instagram placement where the shape is a real decision.
- YouTube Channel bannerA channel banner is one file shown on four kinds of screen, and each one displays a different slice of it.
- X Post imageX does not show a post image at the shape you uploaded.
- Facebook Page coverAsk what size a Facebook cover photo is and you will be told 851 × 315.