Social Media Image Dimension Guide for 2019

Social Media Image and Video Size Cheatsheet

It seems every week that a social network is changing layouts and requiring new dimensions for their profile photos, the background canvas, and images that are shared on the networks. Limitations for social images are a combination of dimension, image size – and even the amount of text that’s displayed within the image.

I would caution against uploading oversized images to social media sites. They use aggressive image compression that often leaves your images blurry. If you can upload a great image and compress the image with a service before uploading it, you’ll get much crisper results!

If you’re a designer, keep this infographic handy… and prepare for changes often. 

Facebook Image, Video and Ad Image Sizes

Facebook MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Image180 x 180
Cover Photo820 x 312
Shared Images1200 x 630
Shared Link Preview1200 x 628
Highlighted Image1200 x 717
Event Image1920 x 1080
Business Page Profile180 x 180

LinkedIn Image Sizes

LinkedIn MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Image400 x 400
Personal Background Image1584 x 396
Company Page Logo300 x 300
Company Page Background Image1536 x 768
Company Page Hero Image1128 x 376
Company Page Banner646 x 220

YouTube Image and Video Sizes

YouTube MediaSize in Pixels (Height x Size in Pixels (Width x Height)Width)
Channel Profile Image800 x 800
Channel Cover Photo2560 x 1440
Video Uploads1280 x 720

Instagram Image and Video Sizes

Instagram MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Image110 x 110
Photo Thumbnail Images161 x 161
Photo Size1080 x 1080
Instagram Stories1080 x 1920

Twitter Image Sizes

Twitter MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Photo400 x 400
Header Photo1500 x 500
In-Stream Photo440 x 220

Pinterest Image Sizes

Pinterest MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Image165 x 165
Board Display222 x 150
Board Thumbnail50 x 50
Pin Image Sizes236 x [Variable Height]

Tumblr Image Sizes

Tumblr MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Image128 x 128
Post Image500 x 750

Ello Image Sizes

Ello MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Profile Image360 x 360
Banner Image2560 x 1440

Weibo Image Sizes

Weibo MediaSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Cover Image920 x 300
Profile Pictures200 x 200
Banner560 x 260
Instream120 x 120
Contest Preview640 x 640

Snapchat

SnapchatSize in Pixels (Width x Height)
Geofilter1080 x 1920

The 2019 Social Media Image Sizes Guide below explains to you what the best image sizes are for each social network and the image types to use. Every major social media platform is listed on here so you’re up-to-date with social media platform optimization. MakeAWebsiteHub.com

You would think that, by now, we’d have some standards on image sizes – especially on profiles. I’m pessimistic that the platforms will be working together anytime soon… so that means more work for you and me.

Social Media Image and Video Size Cheatsheet

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Douglas Karr 

Douglas Karr is the founder of The MarTech Blog and recognized MarTech expert. Doug is a Keynote and Marketing Public Speaker. He's the CEO of DK New Media, an agency specializing in assisting marketing technology companies with their inbound marketing - leveraging social media, blogging, search engine optimization, pay per click and public relations. He's developed digital marketing and product strategies for Angie's List, GoDaddy, Salesforce, Webtrends, and SmartFOCUS. Douglas is also the author of Corporate Blogging for Dummies and co-author of The Better Business Book.

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    Thanks for this guide Douglas. This guide and issues one of my friend had with multiple resizing in Photoshop inspired me to make a Photoshop CC extension to take the time and pain out of making multiple sizes for social media dimensions. You can find the extension here: http://dam-photo.com/easy-web-resize-export-photoshop-cc-extension/

    In short the extension panel will take the active layer and at the push of a button it will create covers or content photos in the dimension you mention in your article. The photos will be placed in a folder on the desktop ready for sharing on social websites. There is also 5 custom fields that allows you to resize any layer into 5 different dimensions in one go.

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    Unfortunately this isn’t of great help, optimal sizes for mobile devices don’t match what’s here, posting with the recommended sizes often cuts off parts when viewed on mobile devices

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