Video and image specs- A complete guide for social media posts
What is the ideal image size for a tweet?!
In which aspect ratio should I upload my video on LinkedIn company page?
Do you have such confusions on image and video specs every time when you post on different social media?
If you are a person who handles profiles on multiple platforms, or if you publish different types of posts on your profiles, you’ll know what I mean.
And with social platforms updating their designs and sizes from time to time, it gets frustrating to keep up.
But it really is important as images and videos are two crucial strategies for your social media success. You should keep it up-to-date. I’ve already given you the complete guide on the ad specs for social media. Now let’s find out the ideal size for video and image posts in which they’re more eye-catching.
Here it is. You don’t have to run around to find the actual sizes anymore!
Video sizes on social media — August 1, 2018
Videos are the most attractive and creative way to get the attention of your followers.
On Instagram, you can add videos up to 1 minute with .MP4 or .MOV format, and a maximum file size of 4GB.
Square video: 600 x 600 pixels (1:1 aspect ratio)
Horizontal video: 600 x 315 pixels (1.9:1 aspect ratio)
Vertical video: 600 x 750 pixels (4:5 aspect ratio)
Facebook provides a vast variety of video sizes and formats for its users.
Page cover video
Recommended size: 820 x 462 pixels
Minimum size: 820 x 312 pixels
Post video: 1280x720 pixels
360 video: you can use videos from 600 pixels wide to 4096 x 2048 pixels, 2:1 aspect ratio.
The file size limit to upload a video on Twitter is 512MB. You can upload videos up to 140 minutes in .MOV format for mobile and .MP4 for the web.
Video Tweet
Horizontal video recommended size: 1280 x 1024 pixels
Vertical video recommended size: 1200 x 1900 pixels
Supported aspect ratios: 1:2.39–2.39:1
Videos up to 10 minutes long with a maximum file size of 5 GB. Supported video formats are .ASF, .AVI, .FLV, .MOV, .MPEG-1, .MPEG-4, .MKV, and .WebM.
Maximum post size: 4096 by 2304 pixels
Minimum post size: 256 by 144 pixels
Aspect ratios: 1:2:4–2:4:1
Image sizes on social media — August 1, 2018
Each platform has its own specs they support to which they make slight changes eventually.
The platforms support vertical, horizontal and square images. Originally Instagram only preferred square images which is more appropriate even now as the profile section of an Instagram page shows all your posts squared.
Profile Picture: 110x110 pixels. Keep your images centered as when the profile picture is cut to make it circular your image won't get cropped.
Post image
Recommended image size is a fixed width of 1080 pixels and height a size in between the size for landscape and portrait mode.
Landscape: 1080 by 566 pixels
Portrait: 1080 x 1350 pixels
Square: 1080 x 1080 pixels
Stories: 1080x1920 pixels
Profile picture: 720, 960 or 2048 pixels width, 1:1 aspect ratio
Cover photo
Recommended: 851 pixels by 315 pixels
On desktop: 820 pixels by 312 pixels
On smartphone: 640 pixels by 360 pixels
Minimum size: 400 pixels by 150 pixels
Panorama or 360 photo size: 600 by 600 pixels
Facebook Post
Recommended size: 1200 pixels by 630 pixels
Minimum size: 600 pixels wide, 315 pixels tall
Profile Picture: 400x400 pixels
Cover image: 1500x500 pixels
Tweet image
Recommended size: 1024 x 512 pixels
Supported formats: .GIF, .JPG, .PNG
Maximum file size: 5MB for photos, 3MB for animated gifs
Profile Picture: 400x400 pixels
Cover image: 1584x396 pixels, 4:1 aspect ratio
Blog post link image: 1200 by 628 pixels (recommended)
Post image size
For desktop: 1200x1200 pixels
For mobile: 1200x628 pixels(recommended)
Company page
Cover photo: 1536 x 768 pixels
Logo: 300x300 pixels
Overview tab image: 360 x 120 pixels
Overview tab cover image: 1192 x 220 pixels
Google+
Profile Picture: 250x250 pixels
Cover image: 1080x608 pixels
Post image recommended: 530 pixels wide
Note: —
Now that you’ve got all ideal sizes, keep it in mind the next time you post an image or video. If you find any spec that we failed to address, please comment it below.
You can easily create social media cover and post images with your preferred(or recommended) size using SinglePost design tool. Design attractive images that engage your followers.
