When it comes to digital platforms, there are so many platforms on the internet. If there was only one social media platform managing our lives would be so very simple. (Isn’t it?) 😋
Restoring the updates/images from galleries or updating information on social media platforms is a more necessity these days for digital businesses.
While planning out marketing and promotion strategies, you need to give a second thought before choosing a single platform to establish your business.
Whether you are preparing a quick Facebook update for your business, uploading videos on Youtube, posting LinkedIn status to provide knowledge or acquire B2B customers, updating some tweets, Pins any ideas in Pinterest, or making your product image stunning in the Instagram post all you need only the social post to look good that means including an image and video in your post.
You need to upload correct visual content, high quality, and the right image size for each different platform.
Each and every platform you take, the image and video size may vary. sometimes it requires a square image, horizontal image, banner image, thumbnail image, and vertical image.
To make things easier, I am going to break down the preferred size and best quality of images in social media ads.
So that next time you post or giving an advertisement on social media this guide helps you to achieve your goals and correct image dimensions.
Here you go,
🚀Facebook
🚀Instagram
🚀Twitter
🚀LinkedIn
🚀YouTube
🚀Google my business
IMAGES
👉Profile image- 180 x 180 pixels
👉Cover image- 1640 x 720 pixels
👉Posted image- 1200 x 630 pixels
👉Story- 1080 x 1920 pixels
👉Event cover image- 1920 x 1080 pixels
👉Group cover image – 1640 x 856 pixels
👉Business page profile – 180 x 180 pixels
👉Business page Cover – 820 x 312 pixels
VIDEOS
👉Video size- 1280 x 720 pixels
👉Maximum video length for Facebook- 240 minutes
👉Maximum file size for Facebook video- 10 GB
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👉Standard Display – 1200 x 628 pixels
👉Video – 1280 x 720 pixels
👉Story – 1080 x 1920 pixels
👉Carousel- 1080 x 1080 pixels
👉Messenger image- 1200 x 628 pixels
IMAGES
👉Profile image- 110 x 110 pixels
👉Post images
👉Square- 1080 x 1080 pixels
👉Portrait- 1080 x 1350 pixels
👉Landscape- 1080 x 566 pixels
👉Thumbnail images- 161 x 161 pixels
VIDEOS
👉Instagram video post sizes
👉Square- 600 x 600 pixels
👉Landscape- 600 x 315 pixels
👉Portrait- 600 x 750 pixels
👉Carousel video dimensions- 600 x 700 pixels
👉Minimum length for Instagram video- 3 seconds
👉Maximum length for Instagram video- 60 seconds
STORIES
👉Portrait- 1080 x 1920 pixels
👉Landscape- 1080 x 608 pixels
👉Maximum length for Instagram story- 15 seconds
👉Maximum number of clips that can be posted to the Instagram story
in a day- 100 clips
IGTV
👉Feed- 1080 x 1350 pixels
👉Channel- 1080 x 1920 pixelsÂ
👉Cover photos- 420 x 654 pixels
👉Maximum length for IGTV- 1 hourÂ
LIVE AND REELS
1080 x 1920 pixels
👉Maximum length for Instagram Reels- 30 seconds
👉Maximum length for Instagram Live- 4 hours
IMAGES
👉Profile image- 400 x 400 pixels
👉Maximum file size for Twitter profile picture- 2 MB
👉Header photo- 1500 x 500 pixels
👉Maximum file size for Twitter header picture- 5 MB
👉Timeline photos- 1024 x 512 pixels
👉Maximum file size for posting Twitter images- 5 MB
👉Tweeting a single image- 1200 x 675 pixels
👉Tweeting two images- 700 x 800 pixels (both of them)
👉Tweeting three images
👉Left image- 700 x 800 pixels
👉Right images- 1200 x 686 pixels
👉Tweeting four images- 1200 x 600 pixels (each image)
👉The maximum number of images that can be tweeted together- 4
👉Twitter website card image
👉Square- 800 x 800 pixels
👉Landscape- 800 x 418 pixels
👉Twitter app card image
👉Square- 800 x 800 pixels
👉Landscape- 800 x 418 pixels
VIDEOS
👉Square- 720 x 720 pixels
👉Landscape- 1280 x 720 pixels
👉Portrait- 720 x 1280 pixels
👉Maximum video length for Twitter- 140 seconds
👉Maximum video file for Twitter- 512 MB
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👉Image ads- 800 x 428
👉Maximum file size for Twitter image ads- 3 MB
👉Video ads
👉Square- 720 x 720Â
👉Landscape- 1280 x 720
👉Portrait- 720 x 1280
👉Maximum video length for Twitter video ads
👉First view video ads- 60 seconds
👉Short six- second ads- 6 seconds
👉Promoted video ads- 140 seconds (you can request an
extension up to 10 minutes)Â
COMPANY PROFILES
👉Company logo size- 300 x 300 pixels
👉Cover photo size- 1536 x 768 pixels
👉Content image size- 1200 x 627 pixels
👉Hero image size- 1128 x 376 pixelsÂ
👉Business banner image- 646 x 220 pixels
PERSONAL PROFILES
👉Profile picture- 400 x 400
👉Background photo- 1536 x 768
👉Post image
👉Phone- 1200 x 628
👉Desktop- 1200 x 1200
👉Shared photo
👉1200 x 627 pixels
VIDEOS
👉4096 x 2304 pixels
👉File size for LinkedIn video- 5 GB
👉Video length for LinkedIn- 10 minutes
👉File size of LinkedIn text ads- 2 MB
👉Profile picture- 165 x 165 pixels
👉Maximum file size for Pinterest profile picture- 10 MB
👉Board cover- 222 x 150 pixels
👉PinsÂ
👉Standard- 1000 x 1500 pixels
👉Giraffe- 1000 x 2100 pixels
👉VideosÂ
👉Maximum file size for Pinterest video- 2 GB
👉Maximum video length for Pinterest- 15 minutes
YOUTUBE
CHANNEL
👉Profile image- 800 x 800 pixels
👉Banner image
👉TV display- 2560 x 1440 pixels
👉Desktop display- 2560 x 423 pixels
👉Phone display- 1564 x 423 pixels
👉Tablet display- 1855 x 423 pixels
👉Maximum file size for YouTube channel cover images- 4 MB
VIDEOS
👉Video thumbnail- 1280 x 720 pixels
👉Standard- 1920 x 1080 pixels
👉Maximum file size for YouTube videos- 128 GB
👉Maximum video length for YouTube videos- 12 hours
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👉Display ads- 300 x 250 pixels
👉Maximum display ad length for YouTube- 30 seconds
👉Maximum file size for YouTube display ads- 150 KB
👉Overlay ads- 480 x 60 pixels
👉Maximum overlay ad length for YouTube- 10 seconds
👉Maximum file size for YouTube overlay ads- 150 KB
👉Skippable ads- 1920 x 1080 pixels (size of the YouTube player)
👉Maximum skippable ad length for YouTube- 15-20 seconds
👉Maximum file size for YouTube skippable ads- 150 KB
👉Non-skippable ads- 1920 x 1080 pixels (size of the YouTube player)
👉 Maximum non-skippable ad length for YouTube- 15-20 seconds
👉Maximum file size for YouTube non-skippable ads- 150 KB
👉Pre-roll or bumper ads- 640 x 360 pixels
👉Maximum bumper ad length for YouTube- 6 seconds
👉Maximum file size for YouTube bumper ads- 1 GB
GOOGLE MY BUSINESS
👉Profile image- 250 x 250 pixels
👉Cover image- 1080 x 608 pixels
👉Shared images- 497 x 373 pixels
Social media these days are being flooded with ads of various products, brands, and services from different industries.
To make your brand look unique and stand out; all you need to fit the image and video sizes properly. The visual identity of your brand is often the first thing your audience sees, and possibly the only thing they will remember.
It’s important to make sure those images are sharp, high-quality, and sized properly to leave an outstanding first impression.Â
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